Huntsville in Madison County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
Slave Cemetery
1800s
Photographed By Lee Hattabaugh, June 5, 2010
1. Slave Cemetery Marker
Inscription.
Slave Cemetery. 1800s. This cemetery site was used as a burial ground for slaves who lived on both the Peter Blow and Job Key plantations from 1811 to 1865. Dred Scott's first wife and their two children are believed to have been buried here. The cemetery continued to be used through the early 1900s.
This cemetery site was used as a burial ground for slaves who lived on both the Peter Blow and Job Key plantations from 1811 to 1865. Dred Scott's first wife and their two children are believed to have been buried here. The cemetery continued to be used through the early 1900s.
Location. 34° 44.667′ N, 86° 39.449′ W. Marker is in Huntsville, Alabama, in Madison County. Marker is on Liberty Lane near H.L. Cleveland Way, in the median. Marker and cemetery are located adjacent to the Oakwood Memorial Gardens west of Wynn Drive. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Huntsville AL 35806, United States of America. Touch for directions.
In the annals of history simple things often illustrate great things. Sacrifice, courage, bravery, great deeds or exploits. So it is with this cemetery. Established more than one hundred years age - slaves - black men and women, caught up in the inextricable chains of bondage, buried their loved ones on this site from the Job Key and Peter Blow plantations (the latter where Dred Scott hailed) not the site of Oakwood College; from other plantations and homesteads they buried them - slaves and former slaves we remember them. We honor them. Delbert W. Baker, President, Oakwood College
Photographed By Lee Hattabaugh, June 5, 2010
5. Slave Cemetery Marker
Central stone, north face.
Photographed By Lee Hattabaugh, June 5, 2010
6. Slave Cemetery Marker
If they believe on Him, His cleansing blood is applied to them. The black man's name is written in the book of life beside the white man's. All are one in Christ. Birth, station, nationality, or color cannot elevate or degrade men. The character makes the man.
Ellen White, Southern Work, 1891
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7. Slave Cemetery Marker
South-side marker stone
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8. Slave Cemetery Marker
And when this transient life shall end, oh, may some kind, eternal friend bid me from servitude ascend, forever! The Slave's Complaint
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9. Slave Cemetery Marker
Some o'dese mornin's bright and fair, I thank God I'm free at las', gwineter meet my Jesus in de middle of de air, I thank God I'm free at las'
Photographed By Lee Hattabaugh, June 5, 2010
10. Slave Cemetery Marker
Dedication plaque on back side of the large stone sign at the entrance (photo #
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