14 Schuyler Flatts Slaves To Be Reburied In Albany Area

For eight hours the remains of 14 slaves were lying in state Friday in the formal hallway of the Schuyler Mansion, beneath a portrait of Gen. Philip Schuyler, the family patriarch and Revolutionary War hero whose family once enslaved them. The remains were contained in graceful wooden ossuaries, small-scale coffins decorated with African symbols and motifs created by volunteers that included woodworkers, local artists and fourth-graders at All Saints Academy. The slaves were given a place of honor just a few paces from where Founding Father Alexander Hamilton married the general's daughter, Elizabeth Schuyler, on Dec.

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