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    The Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground (Richmond's 2nd African Burial Ground) was established by the city of Richmond, Virginia, for the interment of...
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    Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground to receive historic designation, Richmond Free Press Richmond Cemeteries, Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground Richmond...
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    1816 "Burying Ground for Free People of Color and the Burying Ground for Negroes (enslaved)", now called the "Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground" (see...
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  • burials in 1816 upon the opening of the Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground (Richmond's 2nd African Burial Ground) located at 1305 N 5th St. In 1799 the...
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    it was a part of the Shockoe Hill Burying Ground also known as the Shockoe Hill Cemetery. The Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground was greatly expanded...
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    "African Burial Ground". Richmond Cemeteries Sacred Ground Historical Reclamation Project, "Richmond African Burial Ground" "Shockoe Hill African Burying...
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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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    by the discovery of a potter's field on an adjacent plot. Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground in Richmond, Virginia, came to be labeled as Potter's Field...
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  • Historic Places is the Shockoe Hill Burying Ground Historic District. This district includes the Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground, which is likely the...
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    the "Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground", is also presently referred to by some as the "2nd African Burial Ground" or "second African Burying Ground"; it...
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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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    and desecrated numerous graves in what is now known as the Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground. The Northside Land Improvement Company purchased the 135...
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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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    three cemeteries: Hebrew Cemetery, Shockoe Hill Cemetery, and the long invisible Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground. The headquarters for the Richmond...
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  • publication. Phoenix Burying Ground founded, now part of the Barton Heights Cemeteries. 1816 The "Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground" was established by...
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    that had been long prevalent in the colored burying ground on Shockoe Hill (Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground). The problem was grave robberies or body...
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  • Cemetery, Arlington Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground, Richmond, Virginia Richmond's African Burial Grounds and Historic African American Cemeteries...
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    school. The largest burial ground for enslaved and free people of color in the United States, the Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground is located in Richmond...
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    many graves in the Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground. The street and viaduct were constructed directly through the burial ground. At the time of construction...
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    with a portion of the Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground. The new Colored Almshouse also housed a charity hospital for African-American residents of...
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    Union Prisoners of War had been originally interred in the Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground, and removed in 1867 to the Richmond National Cemetery. The...
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    "Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground", the city of Richmond's second African Burying Ground. The "Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground" was Shockoe Hill...
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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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  • Robert Finley, to send free African Americans to what is to become Liberia in West Africa. The Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground is established in Richmond...
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    establishment until 1879 was the Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground. After its closure in June of that year, African American pauper burials were conducted...
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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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    Atlantic slave trade (category African slave trade)
    "European traders captured some Africans in raids along the coast, but bought most of them from local African or African-European dealers." Many European...
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    of Shockoe Hill. Nearby neighborhoods include Shockoe Bottom, the historically significant and low-lying area between Shockoe Hill and Church Hill, and...
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  • Thumbnail for National Register of Historic Places listings in Richmond, Virginia
    5514; -77.4294 (Shockoe Hill Burying Ground Historic District) The historic district includes the Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground, the City Hospital...
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    father's side. Marshall's body was returned to Richmond and buried next to Polly's in Shockoe Hill Cemetery. The inscription on his tombstone, engraved exactly...
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