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November 2011: Discovery Kingsley Plantation Slave Cemetery
November 13, 2011 by ramona
Filed under Articles, Cemetery Searches, Genealogy Cemetery Searches, Genealogy Records 101
The rare discovery of a 19th century slave cemetery was made in the summer of 2010 by University of Florida anthropologist James Davidson. The site containing the skeletal remains of six individuals was found on the Kingsley Plantation, Fort George Island, Jacksonville Florida; home to the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve. Working with the University of Florida’s archeological field school, Davidson, who led the expedition says,
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