Showing posts with label _Underground Railroad Sites. Show all posts
Showing posts with label _Underground Railroad Sites. Show all posts

August 16, 2013

First Parish Church of Brunswick, ME

Unfortunately, we arrived in Brunswick too late in the day to take decent photos of the Harriet Beecher Stowe house. Highlight of Brunswick: listening to the waiters & waitresses describe the [UGRR] tunnels that still exist under certain Brunswick buildings-turned-restaurants.

August 29, 2011

Star Hill A.M.E. Church, Camden, DE











































"1933":


"HARD LABOR
HD WARK
CARINGS":





"HARD LAbo_"

"MIltON
SAYINGS":



"MY h_ _ _e
_ _ _ _ _
By Henry Hershey
Built This
On 9/1/33":

















Don't miss the signs of African American burials. This tree, growing out of it's concrete planter, is the only visible grave marker for this individual:


Trees are marking a line of graves, this is not a property line (even though that's what it looks like):



































I have never seen a grave marker like this. Remarkable!!
There was no discernible name on the marker. I wonder if the red stars are somehow for "Star Hill"?:
Head stone & foot stone:


Foot stone:





























Maddy McCoy
Fairfax County, Virginia
Slavery Inventory Database