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Tag: african-american history

Key West African cemetery: At Higgs Beach in Key West, a memorial marks the site where African slaves were buried after they were rescued from slave ships in 1860. The blue surface in the background is a map of Africa and America, showing the passageway ships sailed. (Photo: Bonnie Gross)

Higgs Beach: African memorial is Key West link to slave era

by Douglas C. Lyons

Experts believe Higgs Beach in Key West is the site of the only African refugee cemetery in the United States.

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