Benjamin Banneker Quotation
This file appears in: Freedomland Cemetery
Students at S. Ellen Jones Elementary have placed signs inscribed with quotes by famous African Americans throughout the cemetery.
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…