Community works to protect Cainhoy burial grounds

Community works to protect Cainhoy burial grounds
VIDEO: Community works to protect Cainhoy burial grounds
By Paola Tristan Arruda | April 28, 2021 at 9:43 PM EDT - Updated April 28 at 11:15 PM
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) - A community in the Cainhoy area is hoping to protect burial grounds they say is being threatened by a development.
People working to preserve graves in and around the McDowell cemetery said it dates back to the late 1690′s. It was an all-White cemetery until the late 1800′s. African Americans have been buried right outside of its fences in a separate burial ground.
MaeRe Chandler Skinner is the Chair of the Cainhoy Methodist Church & Cemetery which owns the parcel that the cemetery is on. She has been working with Fred Lincoln to identify African American graves and combine both areas into one.

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