Community works to identify and memorialize those buried in cemetery where many enslaved people and descendants were laid to rest
The Poplar Springs Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery was one of the few cemeteries in the area where Black residents could be laid to rest at the time. Author: Kendall Morris Updated: 6:08 PM EDT May 14, 2021
ANSON COUNTY, N.C. A group of people in Anson County are working to memorialize those buried in a cemetery where many enslaved people and their descendants were laid to rest.
The Poplar Springs Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery dates back to 1850.
According to a website detailing its history, “it acted as a cemetery for the attendees of the Poplar Springs Missionary Baptist Church and many others for 100 years. It was one of the few cemeteries in the area where Black residents could be laid to rest.”