Tag - N.H.Emily Corwin/NHPRTwo adult males are sliding 9 pine coffins right into a vault during the floor on Chestnut Street in downtown Portsmouth

In New England, Recognizing A Little-Known Record Of Slavery

Enlarge this imageThe new African Burying Ground Memorial Park was devoted on Saturday in Portsmouth, N.H.Emily Corwin/NHPRhide captiontoggle captionEmily Corwin/NHPRThe new African Burying Ground Memorial Park was dedicated on Saturday in Portsmouth, N.H.Emily Corwin/NHPRTwo adult males are sliding 9 pine coffins right into a vault during the floor on Chestnut Street in downtown Portsmouth, N.H. The continues to be ended up disinterred in 2003, part of a long-forgotten burial ground for African slaves found out through regime highway perform. Now,...

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