Sign on Paoli Pike
This file appears in: Freedomland Cemetery
A sign installed by students at S. Ellen Jones Elementary School stands at the entrance to the cemetery on Paoli Pike.
Image courtesy of Daniel Vivian.
This file appears in: Freedomland Cemetery
Freedomland Cemetery
From the 1850s until the early twentieth century, Freedomland Cemetery served as the main burial ground for African Americans in New Albany. Originally called the “Colored People’s Burial Grounds” and the “Colored People’s Graveyard,” it lies in a…