• 427500 The Shockoe Bottom African Burial Ground, known historically as the "Burial Ground for Negroes" and the "old Powder Magazine ground", is the older...
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    largest tobacco companies. Shockoe Bottom is home to several historic sites and buildings: Shockoe Bottom African Burial Ground Edgar Allan Poe Museum Lumpkin's...
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    African Burial Ground, (or African Burial Ground in Shockoe Bottom). Shockoe Bottom was known historically as Shockoe Valley. The Burial Ground for Negroes...
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  • has two African Burial Grounds, the "Shockoe Bottom African Burial Ground" (active 1799–1816), and the "Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground" (active...
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    city of Richmond was the Shockoe Bottom African Burial Ground and was noted on the 1809 Plan of Richmond as the "Burial Ground for Negroes". A new historic...
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    burying ground. The Shockoe Bottom African Burial Ground (historically called the Burial Ground for Negroes), was a municipal burial ground established...
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    at Shockoe Bottom African Burial Ground Richmond Magazine, Nice Shot: Illumination and ReclamationThe 20th annual Gabriel Gathering at the African Burial...
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  • Virginia) Shockoe Bottom African Burial Ground (Richmond, Virginia) Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground (Richmond, Virginia) First African Baptist Church...
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    the 1920s. Shockoe Valley Shockoe Bottom African Burial Ground Shockoe Hill Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground Shockoe Hill Burying Ground Historic District...
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    statue at its unveiling and a railroad spike found near the Shockoe Bottom African Burial Ground in Richmond. The time capsule will likely be buried near...
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    National Register of Historic Places. The Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground is likely the largest burial ground for free people of color and the enslaved...
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  • Center Cemetery, Lyndon Center African Burial Ground, Richmond, Virginia (a.k.a. Shockoe Bottom African Burial Ground) Alexandria National Cemetery, Alexandria...
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  • "Shockoe Bottom African Burial Ground" (or African Burial Ground in Shockoe Bottom) historically known as the "Burial Ground for Negroes" in Shockoe Valley...
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  • the Shockoe Hill Burying Ground Historic District. This district includes the Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground, which is likely the largest burial ground...
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    Jackson Ward (category African-American history in Richmond, Virginia)
    Jackson Ward. The long invisible Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground is located in Jackson Ward. Likely the largest burial ground for free people of color and...
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    Lumpkin's Jail (category African-American history in Richmond, Virginia)
    Robert Lumpkin purchased three lots on Wall Street in Shockoe Bottom (named for nearby Shockoe Creek) on November 27, 1844, for roughly six thousand dollars...
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    Atlantic slave trade (category African slave trade)
    (2015). "The Significance of Richmond's Shockoe Bottom: Why it's the wrong place for a baseball stadium". African Diaspora Archaeology Newsletter. 15 (1):...
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    a narrow alley in a section of the city called Shockhoe Bottom, the valley created by Shockoe Creek, which bisected the city. Traders also used the offices...
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