Abstract
Since the American Civil War, Hart Island, New York has been a site of mass burials. With over 1 million bodies buried on the island, it is the largest potter’s field in the United States. By examining memorialization, grievability, and social death, Hart Island can be understood as an example of how each of these concepts affect human lives, and human deaths.
Subject
Religions; Religions -- Philosophy; Religions -- History
Journal
Relics, Remnants, and Religion: an Undergraduate Journal in Religious Studies
Publication Date
6-13-2020
Language
English
Publication Place
Tacoma, Washington
Publisher
The University of Puget Sound
Type
article
Recommended Citation
Rees, Abby
(2020)
"Unclaimed and Unknown: Examining Hart Island,"
Relics, Remnants, and Religion: An Undergraduate Journal in Religious Studies: Vol. 5:
Iss.
1, Article 4.
Available at:
https://soundideas.pugetsound.edu/relics/vol5/iss1/4