Cemeteries are protected spaces. But in order for those spaces to be protected, they have to be identified. Sadly, for many reasons, many slave cemeteries are not identified, and thus, they are particularly vulnerable to destruction.
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Saving Slave Cemeteries
Tagged with: slave cemeteries, Slaveholding (1780 -1865)
Posted in History & culture: people, places & events, Slavery & its legacies
Posted in History & culture: people, places & events, Slavery & its legacies
Linked Through Stories and History
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When Places Wrap Us Together
As our car turns down the lane, I flash back to Mom in the driver’s seat, the blue Nissan van idling beneath us as we wait for the yellow behemoth of a school bus to mount the hill in the…
