A Richmond burial ground where an estimated 22,000 freed and enslaved Black people were interred two centuries ago may soon be recognized on the National Register of Historic Places.
Woman wants to memorialize unmarked African burial ground
CHRIS SUAREZ, Richmond Times-Dispatch
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This aerial photo shows 1305 North 5th Street, the site of an African burial ground, in Richmond , Va., on Saturday, May 1, 2021. (Daniel Sangib/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)Daniel Sangjib Min/AP
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Lenora McQueen came to Richmond four years ago to learn more about her fourth great-grandmother. That’s when she found out where she was buried in the city.
She knew freed and enslaved Black cemeteries aren’t usually well-maintained, but she expected to find some evidence of its past; perhaps a few headstones or grave shaft depressions in the ground.