Headstones

ID: 1172 ~ Source: Daniel Vivian ~ Creator: Daniel Vivian ~ Date: 2015

This file appears in: Freedomland Cemetery

Only a handful of graves have carved headstones. The three shown here are inscribed with the names of the deceased and their dates of birth and death.
Image courtesy of Daniel Vivian

This file appears in: Freedomland Cemetery

Freedomland Cemetery

By Alex Covington, Jacob Burress, Trish Nohalty & Tommy Skaggs

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…