Unmarked graves of 200 slaves found in private cemetery
WINSTON-SALEM — Researchers in North Carolina have found more than 200 unmarked graves near a cemetery, and it’s believed they belong to slaves.The Winston-Salem Journal reports the graves were found in the St. Philips Moravian Graveyard in Winston-Salem, and researchers think the slaves were buried after 1859. The graves were located Tuesday by using ground-penetrating radar that indicates disturbances in the soil.Keith Seramur, head of the Boone-based […]
