UVA recently conducted an exploration of the immediate surrounds of its on campus faculty cemetery which noted the presence of several dozen unmarked graves which probably contained enslaved (or formerly enslaved) persons. The cemetery underwent several periods of expansion from the mid-19th century. You could try Steve Thompson at [log in to unmask] who is a principal at Rivanna Archaeological Services.
good luck
Raymond D. Ezell, RPA
Monticello District Commissioner
Stonewall Jackson Area Council BSA.
If it wasn't reported, it didn't happen--80% UVTS utilization in 2013
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>From: Martha Katz-Hyman <[log in to unmask]>
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>Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 7:04 PM
>Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] burial of slaves
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>It is probable that practices differed between the eighteenth andnineteenth centuries and even between different times in those centuries.As Henry noted, plantation practices and urban practices were no doubtdifferent as well. So I don't think that it is possible to generalize.However, there may have been locations that were preferred by the enslavedas opposed to slave owners, which is another consideration.Martha Katz-HymanCuratorJamestown-Yorktown FoundationWilliamsburg, VAOn Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 1:22 PM, Terry Meyers <[log in to unmask]> wrote:> Dear all,>> Several of us at the College are are renewing efforts to find the> College's burial ground for those it enslaved. Several questions come to> mind:>> Is there any conventional or usual connection between the location> of a slave quarter and a burial ground for the enslaved? Any standard> distance, for example, separating the two, or any preferred kind of> location for the
burial ground?>> Somewhat relatedly, was there a law or custom that required owners> of the enslaved to bear the cost of their burial? The W&M archives have at> least one receipt for a coffin, provided to Lemon (after whom the College's> Lemon Project is named). And a local undertaker's Daybook and Ledger that> I co-edited some years ago has many invoices to owners for the burial of> those they had enslaved.>>> http://scdb.swem.wm.edu/?p=collections/controlcard&id=7710>> Was this a regional custom or was there some mandate in Virginia> requiring it universally?>> Thanks.>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> Terry L.. Meyers, Chancellor Professor of English, College of William and> Mary, Williamsburg Virginia 23187 757-221-3932>> http://wmpeople.wm.edu/site/page/tlmeye/>>
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