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For those who are interested, the archaeologists' report on the church
(and associated burials) disturbed by Donald Trump's planned SoHo
skyscraper has been filed.
The Discovery Channel reports that:
/The archaeological report mentions that the remains — possibly
belonging to 15-20 individuals, including two children — appear to be
from a 1820-1835 burial vault under the Spring Street Presbyterian
Church, which suffered a fire and was razed shortly thereafter in 1963. /
/The report states, "The church's fierce abolitionism was known almost
from its inception," and goes on to suggest that sermons often addressed
racial tolerance. /
/Interracial marriages were also performed at the church, according to
the report. Such acts were deemed radical and resulted in an 1834 attack
by an anti-abolitionist mob.
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/"At the Spring Street Church, the rioters entered the church through
smashed windows, took the remnants of the organ, pew and galleries that
they had destroyed and used them to create a barricade outside against
the approaching National Guard, who had been called out to control the
crowd."/
/Despite the building permit rejections, Trump and his colleagues have a
permit to excavate the site, which concerned locals say may have harmed
the burial vault and its contents. /
/Andrew Berman, director of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic
Preservation, told Discovery News, "Neither the living nor the dead are
pleased with this development."/
More details can be found in the full article, which is located here
<http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/01/26/trumpdig_his.html?category=history&guid=20070126124530&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000>.
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