Archaeological research at the John Dickinson Plantation, Dover, Delaware, has led to the identification of a burial ground that likely holds the enslaved individuals and other African Americans who lived, worked, and died on land owned by the Dickinson family.
Read the recent post from the Delaware Historical and Cultural Affairs department for more details.
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