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    The New York Times‏Verified account @nytimes 4 Aug 2017

    Slaves may be buried under a Brooklyn lot where the city wants to build a school, an 1828 farmer’s diary suggests http://nyti.ms/2vxYRXW ?

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      2. PhillFoss‏ @phillfoss1 4 Aug 2017
        Replying to @nytimes

        Do not allow them to build over it again. We found my 3Great Grandmother buried under a gas station in Virginia. Freeman Cemetery in Va.

        1 reply 2 retweets 7 likes
      3. PhillFoss‏ @phillfoss1 4 Aug 2017
        Replying to @phillfoss1 @nytimes

        It's true Buried Feb.25, 1855.

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      2. 444 (Four)‏ @CBCelestine444 4 Aug 2017
        Replying to @nytimes

        They found some of my ancestors while building The Grand Parkway in Houston, paved right over them... #NativeAmerican

        2 replies 2 retweets 3 likes
      3. Joy Crane‏ @djcrane1949 4 Aug 2017
        Replying to @CBCelestine444 @nytimes

        I'm so sorry, that 's terrible.

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      4. 444 (Four)‏ @CBCelestine444 4 Aug 2017
        Replying to @djcrane1949 @nytimes

        pic.twitter.com/mKEjqZl2wD

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      5. Joy Crane‏ @djcrane1949 4 Aug 2017
        Replying to @CBCelestine444 @nytimes

        Wonder why they couldn't relocate the graves at the very least.

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      6. 444 (Four)‏ @CBCelestine444 4 Aug 2017
        Replying to @djcrane1949 @nytimes

        They dug up a few, then went on with the construction schedule....they did the same in Galveston to build a neighbor...

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      1. ExposeZeeWolf‏ @PastorKelly822 4 Aug 2017
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        Then leave it alone! #HollowedGround imo

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      1. Pete‏ @pete_444 5 Aug 2017
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        In all due respect to the injustices done to slaves and the importance of good new schools.. The NY Times is only interested in Tweets 😩

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      1. Marcial Aguilar‏ @MarcialAguila10 4 Aug 2017
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        Can we just take some time to appreciate the penmanship in that journal!

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      1. Ronald C Brassell‏ @rassellfell 4 Aug 2017
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        Manhattan is built on the graves of the slaves that built it !

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      1. Lisa M Gauvin‏ @lisa_gauvin 4 Aug 2017
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        1) Would be totally disrespectful. 2) Every single horror/haunting starts with this premise.

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      1. Par‏ @parthetis 4 Aug 2017
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        Wow. Intriguing!

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      1. fluorescent beige‏ @tvordisveeler 4 Aug 2017
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        where can I buy a farmer's diary what did he dream of

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      1. Bob‏ @BobRobewins 4 Aug 2017
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        Everywhere is a grave yard

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      1. Pursuant of Truth‏ @PursuingTruths 11 Aug 2017
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        This is an unfortunate continued horror. You'd be alarmed how often this happens.

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      1. phyllis g‏ @pgtre123 4 Aug 2017
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        wow, should they be dug up and given a decent burial somewhere else or left alone with a marker? sigh history can be very painful

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      1. NYTscreams‏ @NYTscreams 4 Aug 2017
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        .@nytimespic.twitter.com/oSj61xj5WL

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      2. Gonzos Ghost‏ @mississippilsu 4 Aug 2017
        Replying to @nytimes

        Now we can focus on who really brought slaves to Americas. Not JUST any White Man. Foriegners like the rich French.

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      3. HereWeGo‏ @IToldYallSo 4 Aug 2017
        Replying to @mississippilsu @nytimes

        It was any white man. Americans, Brits, French, Dutch, German, etc. Everyone got some.

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      4. Gonzos Ghost‏ @mississippilsu 4 Aug 2017
        Replying to @IToldYallSo @nytimes

        Naw Suh

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      5. HereWeGo‏ @IToldYallSo 4 Aug 2017
        Replying to @mississippilsu @nytimes

        Yes.

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