Stephen Davis there were still slaves that stayed out of fear of their masters and of not knowing where to go. Please research! Free slaves were still treated like slaves even their Descendents if they stayed.
@@stephendavis7441 Well we also had slavery by another name, Jim Crow and segreagation. Remember even after slavery blacks were still treated as if they were enslaved.
I only just discovered that Tyger has passed away. And unfortunately this is why these old cemeteries are lost. RIP Tyger K. You did a wonderful thing by creating & posting this video.
I really appreciate you taking your personal time to help us remember others who were forgotten. I love graveyards..Life is so fast and fickle and we need to love each other immensely no matter what we go through.
@mbigboyny I'm not a white person moron. The first slave owners were blacks owning blacks..educate your self. My people were slaves also, but I was never a slave I don't belabor that issue and beat it to death.
@@coppercassiecampbell6077 The fact that your not white makes the comment even more sad. you sound like cause blacks owned slaves that gives them an excuse ... People own dogs that doesn't give you the right to abuse the dog or treat the dog like shit and right now if you did they would put your ass under the jail. It's the not fact they owned slaves as you pointed out slavery was all through history it's there brutal demonic treatment of African slaves in this country that is the issue...... You mean to tell me Jews and Native Americans can get some type of form of reparations but blacks can't...& What's even more funny as you sit making an excuse slavery was just one chapter of Blacks struggle in America... We won't get into the chain gang, Jim Crow systemic racism, the jail system as we know it today.....etc.... Just as you just told the young gentleman he needs to go back read up on some history maybe you might want to do the same
@@dariuslovehall5296 The fact that you still have to explain this to people in 2020 just let's me know we're in trouble. I'm convinced that Bible is powerful, it single handedly transformed Black people into white worshipping cowards
I'm feeling so sad and angry at the same time, why hasn't this grave yard been rescused! These were human beings who slaved for their owners to become rich and it's like they were tossed out like trash! OMG!
Tossed out like trash? Laid to rest with pretty carved headstones of their time, in a pretty treelined place, given dates, ages, references of relation? No. These were respected folk, one way or another. Some of the markers may also be flat.
@@adnsmusic3842 not all white people are bad but back in the old times the rich were terrible people only worrying about get paid and no care for the ones that got them there.
It's amazing what just a few volunteers can do, this cemetery could be transformed into quite an interesting area to tour in regard to American History. It's too bad that the local historic preservation society hasn't invested just a little time into restoring the area. Maybe you will be the one who leads a clean-up of the cemetery. Thanks for sharing!
Probably some free and enslaved ppl graves most black cemetery’s in rural areas are unkempt and some hve tombstone and some don’t. Some slaves were named after the slave master also were children. I’m curious who own the land now and is it listed as a cemetery?
No but it was kept up by someone for a while. Now no one keeps up many old cemeteries whether white or black. I document them all on Find A Grave. When plantations were destroyed or over time the land was sold off, some kept them up & some didn't. The oldest dates on forgotten cemeteries I looked for went back to birth dates of the 1600s. Even when the county lines were different. There is no listing & no matter how hard I looked or asked historical societies for information. I got none. The locals said it was the slave cemetery for the Winston Plantation. Some plantations had names like "Snow Hill Plantation" not the family name. IDK so I posted what I could so they could be found by their families if they're interested in doing so.
Leslie Lang so much “unknown” thanks for sharing. In my area the railroad own the land where this black cemetery is at (over 500 blacks)been meaning to get permission to chk it out. There is a lot of history Whether they are in mass graves (to say there are more graves than living blacks in the areas dk what really happened) cause there are no plantations in the area but thinking back no telling could be the slaves that worked for the railroad no one really say anything about it ( not even the elders) My Dad know it’s there cause he worked for the railroad in 80s.
I love walking through old grave yards especially way up here in NE Alabama. There's so much history to be appreciated and yes sad as how people have forgotten about these slaves graves. I grew up in Maryland back when it was mostly country outside of DC. There's a ton of history there as well but I never went back and look at it after leaving. My cousins still live there and say It's not the same at all and I wouldn't even recognize it now. In 70's but my parents then moved us to Orlando FL when Disney was only park there . I left FL in 07 because it grew so much I felt run out by too much growth. But,.. I wish Fort Payne would grow just a little but hasn't changed much since I've been here. Some growth and change is good just not too much. I really liked watching your videos of this little town and it has changed some since you were here. What a ton of fun the Canyon Land Park would have been. There's not much to do here now. So I'm thinking of looking around NC to move. But Thank you for sharing so much knowledge of Fort Payne. :) I really enjoyed it. I binge watched your channel today. Lol
Donna Ratliff Hi! What part of Maryland? I remember when you could drive down Rt 29 toward Columbia and there was nothing but large stretches of land. It is extremely different now.
I don’t think it’s an old Slave grave yard... Slaves unfortunately were considered property so they didn’t have grave stones, and no money to buy ... also all of the Birth dates and death dates on the stones are after slavery was over... this was probably the Family’s Grave Yard that owned the Plantation... nice video tho.. much appreciated 🙏🏾
In some parts of our country slavery still continue on for decades illegally. Today in Mississippi servitude slavery still is happening. Research it for yourself through PBS NETWORK.
Yep, CB is right. Im in clarksdale Mississippi and we have an old historical cemetery that is segregated. Needless to say the black side is extremely unkempt. I do what I can to make it better. I have lots of photos of it. But google P. W. Hill, that will tell you alot.
A lot of these graves feature birthdates after 1865 when the abolishment of slavery was ratified so a lot weren't slaves but i'm sure the older ones that predate 1865 were slaves no doubt. It's a shame these places get forgotten but in a way it's sort of beautiful that it remains, over here they "shake" graves after a certain amount of years when nobody's paying for the grave anymore and they just toss the bones of your ancestors in a tub of calcium oxide to melt away. Good video.
Vanessa Rogers we are not slaves. That is a highly insensitive thing to say. We have the free will to come and go as we please, to work for someone or work for ourselves. To live anywhere we want. We are not beaten, starved, forced to breed, forced labor or killed (to a certain extent). The government does oppress us in other ways but We are not slaves.
@@nicolefisher4779 Ur Social Security Card is a form of slavery, paying taxes for every damn thing as well... Get Cho Head outta the hole it's in... Also, Us so called African Americans are indeed still in slavery!! Check out the amended 13th Amendment & read it carefully.. Also, "Black/Brown" Ppl's are still in the land of Egypt=Captivity=Bondage=Slavery.... Amerikkka is the Land of Me & My Ppl's Oppressors PERIODTTTT.. We're still fighting for Civil FuqN Right's, The Right's to be "Hue"man in which, technically were still considered 3/5th human SMH!! "Slave Patrols" are still hunting Us down, slaughtering Us, Violently Abusing Us, & they do it with impunity... Chiiile, Ur Eyez are Wide Shut Huh???
It would be GREAT if the man that goes around researching, cleaning and restoring tombstones could come work on some of these,maybe give us some history on them.I have a lot of respect for that man. That would be a great hobby too if one was able.
Know it's been three yrs but I Love to take these walks with you from my home history is really nice to see and know just be careful to many People come up missing in the woods.oh yes next time don't forget your gun.Ms Arkansas.nice video.
If you are interested in seeing old graveyards, PLEASE READ THIS. So many old graves are losing the ability to read what is / was on the gravestone. It would be really great if we could come together to have small plaques made for each of them in order to help identify whose grave it is. I think whoever owns / manages the grave should have records on who is in each grave. I am sure some graves may be so old that there is no way to find out. However it would help preserve the info we can read and or find out about each grave, for future generations. I have no idea on the cost it would take to have a small plaque made. However if we came together as a community, I am sure donations and fundraisers could help cover the cost. Maybe starting with the older graves and posting info on where families could have plaques made for their loved ones, whom they visit. It's only a good idea if many people help to come together to make it happen.
This is definitely a historical site that needs to be cleaned up and preserved I don't know what State you're in or town you're in but this definitely needs to preserved and brought back to its natural luster this is a part of our history and it needs to be a national landmark
Thank you so much for the tour of this historic black cemetery. It is quite a peaceful and desolate location. I'm sure if they did tomography of all the area more buried people would be located. Yes the idea of you bringing a gun is a good one because who knows what wild animals are in the area? Plus I appreciate the history of the roads.
We have a slave cemetery on our farm property. It was back in the woods close to a creek. I never got to see it because it was a good distance in the woods. We have 200 acres . My great grandmother bought the property form other relatives. The graves were only marked by large stones layered on top. Some had a carved figure on a large stone. It’s in Ivanhoe North Carolina. The plantation house burned down .
This is trow you litarly back in that evil time of slavery..so Sad to see those graves from the peoples who actual build this country to the ground.pray that those peoples musnt forgotten,,,,
Do you think that this section of ground has been registered with the State, County, or City as a historic Cemetery? If not.....it should be. Can you look into that? Do you have the GPS coordinants? See what you can do to log it in the county records and preserve it.
If this isn't a family plot of the plantation owners, then it's most likely that they people resting there were free people who became sharecroppers. On another note, enslaved people had no choice when it comes to what surname they had. The choice to "take on" a name was not afforded to them.
Slave graves would all be sunken in by now. I didn’t see any depressions as you were walking but there must have been some somewhere. The community and especially the descendants should get together and clean it up. At least blow the leaves and drag off the dead wood. Poor old folks gone and forgotten. Doesn’t take long for nature to reclaim what belongs to it. I live in Chattanooga. Where is this place?
Finding these old cemeteries is not easy. If in dense forest, they blend in until you find one at the right angle to the sun. We can feel as bad about it as we want but I think modern day people get the wrong idea due to movies like Roots which was fabrication. However, I snoop a lot in the State Archives and can find you positive & loving stories about what life was like by ex-slaves. I love reading their stories. In one the ex-slave described how they lived as a big family which included the Owners. They loved & interacted with each other like family. He would talk about how they would get their food for dinners. And the kind of food they got. He said that on another plantation, the slaves weren't fed as good so the slaves & Owner got together and put a lot of food on long tables and invited the other slaves to come and eat. I'm sure the other Owners came to but it worked w/o fighting etc. So people took care of each others slaves. So it wasn't all doom and gloom all the time. People need to start learning & getting out of the medias doom & gloom. I loved the ex-slaves stories because they were the truth & game important information about everyone who lived there. For example, he said that the wife of the Owner died. Sad event he said. She was struck by lightning. Bet you won't find that on a tombstone or if there was even a record of death. Wake up & get out of the mindset that everything was horrific. It wasn't.
Would you like to reverse the circumstances? I have the stories of my family passed down and I can tell you it's no fabrication! Why don't YOU wake up and take YOUR rose colored glasses off? How about you talk to the elders that are left and their descendants, because I can assure you from your statements; you haven't!
i wish so-called african am people would do their genealogy. you would find out these so called black people was not slaves and was not from africa. pull birth certificate and land records... trace your own history and stop letting other people tell it..
Forgotten by society but remembered by GOD
I’m so sad these people were forgotten God Bless them no one should of ever been slave
Unfortunately they still are, in Africa.
G Black really in everywhere especially in India. America is bad for sex slavery aka human trafficking.
Many of these graves couldn't have been slaves if they were born after 1865 . This you tubber does not know his history.
Stephen Davis there were still slaves that stayed out of fear of their masters and of not knowing where to go. Please research! Free slaves were still treated like slaves even their Descendents if they stayed.
@@stephendavis7441 Well we also had slavery by another name, Jim Crow and segreagation. Remember even after slavery blacks were still treated as if they were enslaved.
Thank you for taking time to record this video. You captured an important part of our history. Much appreciated.
How cool
I only just discovered that Tyger has passed away. And unfortunately this is why these old cemeteries are lost. RIP Tyger K. You did a wonderful thing by creating & posting this video.
How did you find that out?
If you did pass away we thank him for showing us these videos
Wow RIP Tyger thanks you
I really appreciate you taking your personal time to help us remember others who were forgotten. I love graveyards..Life is so fast and fickle and we need to love each other immensely no matter what we go through.
Thank you for sharing.. yes I agree with everyone.. it needs to be cleaned up and history needs to be remembered..
Thank you for your post. Found it very interesting & very 😞. Lots of history to be learned.
I would talk to the village board about this cemetery. Get a group to volunteer clean up.
@mbigboyny
People owe you nothing, YOU were never a slave.
@mbigboyny
I'm not a white person moron. The first slave owners were blacks owning blacks..educate your self. My people were slaves also, but I was never a slave I don't belabor that issue and beat it to death.
@@coppercassiecampbell6077 The fact that your not white makes the comment even more sad. you sound like cause blacks owned slaves that gives them an excuse ... People own dogs that doesn't give you the right to abuse the dog or treat the dog like shit and right now if you did they would put your ass under the jail. It's the not fact they owned slaves as you pointed out slavery was all through history it's there brutal demonic treatment of African slaves in this country that is the issue...... You mean to tell me Jews and Native Americans can get some type of form of reparations but blacks can't...& What's even more funny as you sit making an excuse slavery was just one chapter of Blacks struggle in America... We won't get into the chain gang, Jim Crow systemic racism, the jail system as we know it today.....etc.... Just as you just told the young gentleman he needs to go back read up on some history maybe you might want to do the same
@@coppercassiecampbell6077 You a whole bitch 🤣 Wow it must be embarrassing being you
@@dariuslovehall5296 The fact that you still have to explain this to people in 2020 just let's me know we're in trouble. I'm convinced that Bible is powerful, it single handedly transformed Black people into white worshipping cowards
Wow. I hope someone can preserve that cemetery.
I'm feeling so sad and angry at the same time, why hasn't this grave yard been rescused! These were human beings who slaved for their owners to become rich and it's like they were tossed out like trash! OMG!
Tossed out like trash? Laid to rest with pretty carved headstones of their time, in a pretty treelined place, given dates, ages, references of relation? No. These were respected folk, one way or another. Some of the markers may also be flat.
@@irish327rose5 That's why you can't go barging in because I bet many of the tombstones were rocks or flat so you gotta clean carefully.
@@adnsmusic3842 not all white people are bad but back in the old times the rich were terrible people only worrying about get paid and no care for the ones that got them there.
@@genethanthonyneff correct
@@adnsmusic3842 You mad bro?
It's amazing what just a few volunteers can do, this cemetery could be transformed into quite an interesting area to tour in regard to American History. It's too bad that the local historic preservation society hasn't invested just a little time into restoring the area. Maybe you will be the one who leads a clean-up of the cemetery. Thanks for sharing!
Kittygirl C I so agree with you!
So true
This is where it all started. R.I.P to all my ancestors🙏❤
No, it most certainly did not “start” there.
It started in Africa
Guitarwolf Yep. Mostly in West Africa because it was closer to the USA and had a river leading into the villages.
Probably some free and enslaved ppl graves most black cemetery’s in rural areas are unkempt and some hve tombstone and some don’t. Some slaves were named after the slave master also were children. I’m curious who own the land now and is it listed as a cemetery?
No but it was kept up by someone for a while. Now no one keeps up many old cemeteries whether white or black. I document them all on Find A Grave. When plantations were destroyed or over time the land was sold off, some kept them up & some didn't. The oldest dates on forgotten cemeteries I looked for went back to birth dates of the 1600s. Even when the county lines were different. There is no listing & no matter how hard I looked or asked historical societies for information. I got none. The locals said it was the slave cemetery for the Winston Plantation. Some plantations had names like "Snow Hill Plantation" not the family name. IDK so I posted what I could so they could be found by their families if they're interested in doing so.
Leslie Lang so much “unknown” thanks for sharing. In my area the railroad own the land where this black cemetery is at (over 500 blacks)been meaning to get permission to chk it out. There is a lot of history Whether they are in mass graves (to say there are more graves than living blacks in the areas dk what really happened) cause there are no plantations in the area but thinking back no telling could be the slaves that worked for the railroad no one really say anything about it ( not even the elders) My Dad know it’s there cause he worked for the railroad in 80s.
@@Hurricaneintheroom
Can you tell me where this cemetery is located please?
I love walking through old grave yards especially way up here in NE Alabama. There's so much history to be appreciated and yes sad as how people have forgotten about these slaves graves. I grew up in Maryland back when it was mostly country outside of DC. There's a ton of history there as well but I never went back and look at it after leaving. My cousins still live there and say It's not the same at all and I wouldn't even recognize it now. In 70's but my parents then moved us to Orlando FL when Disney was only park there . I left FL in 07 because it grew so much I felt run out by too much growth.
But,.. I wish Fort Payne would grow just a little but hasn't changed much since I've been here. Some growth and change is good just not too much.
I really liked watching your videos of this little town and it has changed some since you were here.
What a ton of fun the Canyon Land Park would have been. There's not much to do here now. So I'm thinking of looking around NC to move. But Thank you for sharing so much knowledge of Fort Payne. :) I really enjoyed it. I binge watched your channel today. Lol
Donna Ratliff Hi! What part of Maryland? I remember when you could drive down Rt 29 toward Columbia and there was nothing but large stretches of land. It is extremely different now.
Still a lot of graves in Maryland out in the woods.
Thank you for sharing your video. It is very humbling.
I don’t think it’s an old Slave grave yard... Slaves unfortunately were considered property so they didn’t have grave stones, and no money to buy ... also all of the Birth dates and death dates on the stones are after slavery was over... this was probably the Family’s Grave Yard that owned the Plantation... nice video tho.. much appreciated 🙏🏾
In some parts of our country slavery still continue on for decades illegally. Today in Mississippi servitude slavery still is happening. Research it for yourself through PBS NETWORK.
Yep, CB is right. Im in clarksdale Mississippi and we have an old historical cemetery that is segregated. Needless to say the black side is extremely unkempt. I do what I can to make it better. I have lots of photos of it. But google P. W. Hill, that will tell you alot.
Sometimes if they were very close with the family and worked for them they would bury them and give them a headstone. #knowledge is power
That’s not always true.
A lot of these graves feature birthdates after 1865 when the abolishment of slavery was ratified so a lot weren't slaves but i'm sure the older ones that predate 1865 were slaves no doubt.
It's a shame these places get forgotten but in a way it's sort of beautiful that it remains, over here they "shake" graves after a certain amount of years when nobody's paying for the grave anymore and they just toss the bones of your ancestors in a tub of calcium oxide to melt away.
Good video.
We are still slaves the government aint fooling us
Vanessa Rogers we are not slaves. That is a highly insensitive thing to say. We have the free will to come and go as we please, to work for someone or work for ourselves. To live anywhere we want. We are not beaten, starved, forced to breed, forced labor or killed (to a certain extent). The government does oppress us in other ways but We are not slaves.
@@nicolefisher4779 yes we r. Slave is a person who is forced due their necessities. The government assure to that we need them to survive
@@nicolefisher4779 i hope u not a black person saying this bs
@@nicolefisher4779
Ur Social Security Card is a form of slavery, paying taxes for every damn thing as well... Get Cho Head outta the hole it's in... Also, Us so called African Americans are indeed still in slavery!! Check out the amended 13th Amendment & read it carefully.. Also, "Black/Brown" Ppl's are still in the land of Egypt=Captivity=Bondage=Slavery.... Amerikkka is the Land of Me & My Ppl's Oppressors PERIODTTTT.. We're still fighting for Civil FuqN Right's, The Right's to be "Hue"man in which, technically were still considered 3/5th human SMH!! "Slave Patrols" are still hunting Us down, slaughtering Us, Violently Abusing Us, & they do it with impunity... Chiiile, Ur Eyez are Wide Shut Huh???
I am sure it was a very nice cemetery back in the day with nice trees and all. Thank you for the video. I really enjoyed it
It would be GREAT if the man that goes around researching, cleaning and restoring tombstones could come work on some of these,maybe give us some history on them.I have a lot of respect for that man. That would be a great hobby too if one was able.
This site should be preserved!
I would love to visit and would not mind at all to help clean it off.
This is so interesting. Thanks for sharing.
Know it's been three yrs but I Love to take these walks with you from my home history is really nice to see and know just be careful to many People come up missing in the woods.oh yes next time don't forget your gun.Ms Arkansas.nice video.
Thanks for sharing...woods always tell a story. Is this Ga.?
Beauty Brand University LLC Alabama
If you are interested in seeing old graveyards, PLEASE READ THIS.
So many old graves are losing the ability to read what is / was on the gravestone. It would be really great if we could come together to have small plaques made for each of them in order to help identify whose grave it is. I think whoever owns / manages the grave should have records on who is in each grave. I am sure some graves may be so old that there is no way to find out. However it would help preserve the info we can read and or find out about each grave, for future generations. I have no idea on the cost it would take to have a small plaque made. However if we came together as a community, I am sure donations and fundraisers could help cover the cost. Maybe starting with the older graves and posting info on where families could have plaques made for their loved ones, whom they visit. It's only a good idea if many people help to come together to make it happen.
Where is this plantation and cemetery?
Valley Head, DeKalb Co., Alabama
@@Hurricaneintheroom thank you for that info I'll try and find it one weekend when it gets warm
Thanks again for sharing your story
He must of said "Paved Road" about 20 times.
This is definitely a historical site that needs to be cleaned up and preserved I don't know what State you're in or town you're in but this definitely needs to preserved and brought back to its natural luster this is a part of our history and it needs to be a national landmark
Thank you so much for the tour of this historic black cemetery. It is quite a peaceful and desolate location. I'm sure if they did tomography of all the area more buried people would be located. Yes the idea of you bringing a gun is a good one because who knows what wild animals are in the area? Plus I appreciate the history of the roads.
The pine trees is is a wood farm. They plant the pines like that to log the area when they mature.
Wish we could all help to preserve these places
Thanks for sharing
Wow saddens me..may their souls rest in peace
We should be preserving these graves. I dont understand how jews get more respect than the atrocity slavery was to black people
I would come help clean it up if I lived their
We have a slave cemetery on our farm property. It was back in the woods close to a creek. I never got to see it because it was a good distance in the woods. We have 200 acres . My great grandmother bought the property form other relatives. The graves were only marked by large stones layered on top. Some had a carved figure on a large stone. It’s in Ivanhoe North Carolina. The plantation house burned down .
This looks like more of the “Winston” family burial site, but it was a very interesting video. Thank you for sharing.
Eerie but very interesting!
This video has a sad feeling in it
Thanks for filming, maybe others can now connect to forgotten family!
Wow..great video...thanks...
Thank you
This is trow you litarly back in that evil time of slavery..so Sad to see those graves from the peoples who actual build this country to the ground.pray that those peoples musnt forgotten,,,,
Thanks for sharing...it is very interesting to see.
Some of my family were davenports...is this in Alabama sir..and If so where...I live researching my history
Where is this located...I would like to visit..Thanks for sharing..
You need a 4-wheeler going back there in them backwoods
They say black lives matter yet these slave graves are forgotten😭😥😭❤🙏❤
Do you think that this section of ground has been registered with the State, County, or City as a historic Cemetery? If not.....it should be. Can you look into that? Do you have the GPS coordinants? See what you can do to log it in the county records and preserve it.
If this isn't a family plot of the plantation owners, then it's most likely that they people resting there were free people who became sharecroppers. On another note, enslaved people had no choice when it comes to what surname they had. The choice to "take on" a name was not afforded to them.
That’s so sad
Wow how sad. Beaten, starved, raped, separated from family and other horrible acts done to them in life. And forgotten in death. 😢
We do need to remember them it's not right
Slave graves would all be sunken in by now. I didn’t see any depressions as you were walking but there must have been some somewhere. The community and especially the descendants should get together and clean it up. At least blow the leaves and drag off the dead wood. Poor old folks gone and forgotten. Doesn’t take long for nature to reclaim what belongs to it. I live in Chattanooga. Where is this place?
:'( Rest in peace. Wish the cemetery would had been taken care of.
What city and state is this? Thank you for capturing this.
A small town called Valley Head AL......just 10 miles north of Ft. Payne AL
Sad may they rest in peace. No one taking care of it just sad.
Where in GA is this?
This is in DeKalb county Alabama
@@Kenyahs_Mommy thank you India
Where is this located when you did the video?
What city and state is this located?
May they all rest in peace 🙏⭐🌠
LAST WILL BE FIRST FIRST WILL BE LAST..
Sad 😓
Sad my ppls😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔
Finding these old cemeteries is not easy. If in dense forest, they blend in until you find one at the right angle to the sun. We can feel as bad about it as we want but I think modern day people get the wrong idea due to movies like Roots which was fabrication. However, I snoop a lot in the State Archives and can find you positive & loving stories about what life was like by ex-slaves. I love reading their stories. In one the ex-slave described how they lived as a big family which included the Owners. They loved & interacted with each other like family. He would talk about how they would get their food for dinners. And the kind of food they got. He said that on another plantation, the slaves weren't fed as good so the slaves & Owner got together and put a lot of food on long tables and invited the other slaves to come and eat. I'm sure the other Owners came to but it worked w/o fighting etc. So people took care of each others slaves. So it wasn't all doom and gloom all the time. People need to start learning & getting out of the medias doom & gloom. I loved the ex-slaves stories because they were the truth & game important information about everyone who lived there. For example, he said that the wife of the Owner died. Sad event he said. She was struck by lightning. Bet you won't find that on a tombstone or if there was even a record of death. Wake up & get out of the mindset that everything was horrific. It wasn't.
Slavery was a horrible institution and you can only be speaking from white priviledge.
Would you like to reverse the circumstances? I have the stories of my family passed down and I can tell you it's no fabrication! Why don't YOU wake up and take YOUR rose colored glasses off? How about you talk to the elders that are left and their descendants, because I can assure you from your statements; you haven't!
Unfortunately, I didn't hear anything wonderful about sharecropping or slavery.
I hate to say it but this does not look like a slave graveyard there too many people people that died in the early 1900s in 1 to 1973
You were in bigfoots yard sir....
i wish so-called african am people would do their genealogy. you would find out these so called black people was not slaves and was not from africa. pull birth certificate and land records... trace your own history and stop letting other people tell it..
You grave robbers
Those arent black people graves smh
Someone born after 1865 would not have been a slave.
Stephen Davis Slavery was illegally continued a few years and a couple decades after 1865.