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Enslaved people finally honored in South Carolina beach town - Los Angeles Sentinel

When Gerry Thompson recently purchased his new home in Surfside Beach, he was missing a critical piece of information. The home had been built on a cemetery where enslaved people from a nearby plantation and their descendants had been buried.

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Enslaved people finally honored in South Carolina beach town | News, Sports, Jobs

Enslaved people finally honored in South Carolina beach town | News, Sports, Jobs
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Ark Plantation in Surfside Beach, California and a slave cemetery

When Gerry Thompson recently purchased his new home in Surfside Beach, he was missing a critical piece of information.

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A South Carolina beach town finally honors the history of enslaved people

Several dozen enslaved Africans 63 as of an 1860 survey worked and lived on the Ark Plantation in South Carolina, and historians believe scores of people could be buried in the cemetery. Official death records exist for around 60 people. Now, Surfside Beach is honoring that part of the town’s history.

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