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African American Cemeteries of Tidewater Virginia and North Carolina

African American Cemeteries of Tidewater Virginia and North Carolina

African American Historic Cemeteries of Portsmouth Virginia

African American Historic Cemeteries of Portsmouth Virginia

Portsmouth, Virginia: Genealogy of African American Cemeteries

Portsmouth, Virginia: Genealogy of African American Cemeteries

Historic Oak Lawn Cemetery Foundation

Historic Oak Lawn Cemetery Foundation

African American Cemeteries of Norfolk, Virginia

African American Cemeteries of Norfolk, Virginia

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Laurel Grove South Cemetery (est 1853), December 13, 2014 #historic #africanamerican #cemetery #preservation #savannahga #historiccemeteries #blackhistory #thisplacematters #georgia

Headstones in African American cemeteries come in various shapes and sizes #africanamerican #historic #preservation #cemetery #historiccemeteries #memory #genealogy #blackhistory #northcarolina #nc #thisplacematters

Spotted in the Virginia countryside... #africanamerican #historiccemeteries #preservation #culture #cemetery #gravestone #heritage #virginia #family #genealogy #thisplacematters

Warren County, North Carolina - Grave of my maternal great-great grandmother, Cherry Sutton (1860-1911), left. There are over one hundred visible depressions in the burial ground. Her gravestone is one of eight in the slave cemetery. #family #genealogy #cemetery #africanamerican #historiccemeteries #preservation #ancestry #nc #northcarolina #thisplacematters

Martin County, North Carolina - Freedom Rallies historical marker #africanamerican #history #preservation #memory #civilrights #thisplacematters #nc #northcarolina #blackhistory

Ancestral secrets... #evergreencemeteryrva #africanamerican #historiccemeteries #preservation #richmond #virginia #rva #gravestone #genealogy #thisplacematters

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