African Cemetery at Higgs Beach
The African Cemetery at Higgs Beach is an historic cemetery in Key West, Florida. It contains many graves of the 295 Africans who died in Key West after being rescued in 1860 from captured slave ships. The cemetery was discovered in 2002 using ground-penetrating radar.[2] On June 26, 2012, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[1]
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| Location | Key West, Florida |
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| Coordinates | 24.548382°N 81.7864°W |
| NRHP reference No. | 12000362[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 26, 2012[1] |
References
- Weekly List Of Actions Taken On Properties: 12/03/12 through 12/07/12
- "African cemetery found on beach". Ocala Star-Banner. 16 Sep 2002 – via GoogleNews.
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