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Students at S. Ellen Jones Elementary School created winding paths leading through the cemetery to provide access to burials. A local Boy Scout troop has built bridges to reduce the effects of erosion.
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…