African Cemetery at Higgs Beach facts for kids
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African Cemetery at Higgs Beach
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 Location in Florida
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| Location | Key West, Florida |
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| NRHP reference No. | 12000362 |
| Added to NRHP | June 26, 2012 |
The African Cemetery at Higgs Beach is an cemetery in Key West, Florida where 294 of 1,342 Africans died soon in the first few months after being rescued in 1860 from captured slave ships. The cemetery was discovered in 2002 using ground-penetrating radar. On June 26, 2012, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
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African Cemetery Historic Marker
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African Cemetery at Higgs Beach - June 2020
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