Death in New York

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"Like every aspect of life in the Big Apple, how New Yorkers have interacted with death is as diverse as each of the countless individuals who have called the city home. Waves of immigration brought unique burial customs as archaeological excavations uncovered the graves of indigenous Lenape and enslaved Africans. Events such as the 1788 Doctors’ Riot—a response to years of body snatching by medical students and physicians—contributed to new laws protecting the deceased. Overcrowding and epidemics led to the construction of the “Cemetery Belt,” a wide stretch of multi-faith burial grounds throughout Brooklyn and Queens. From experiments in embalming to capital punishment and the far-reaching industry of handling the dead, author K. Krombie unveils a tapestry of stories centered on death in New York." - *Provided by publisher*

subjects: death,  dead,  deceased,  body,  dead body,  cadaver,  cemetery,  grave,  headstone,  mass burial,  mass grave,  burial,  cremation,  execution,  hanging,  shooting,  crime,  true crime,  anthropology,  sociology,  history,  New York State,  burial grounds,  archaeology,  excavation,  immigration,  doctor's riot,  riot,  physicians,  physician,  medical,  body snatching,  grave robber,  tomb robbing,  slavery,  civil rights,  enslaved,  African American,  african american history,  black history,  poor,  almshouse,  potter's field,  dying,  death industry,  funeral,  funeral home,  mortuary,  mortician,  embalming,  epidemic,  pandemic

Places: New York (State),  New York,  New York City

Times: 1788,  1800-1900,  1900-1970