African Jackson Cemetery
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african-jackson-cemetery-194-1668162
title:
African Jackson Cemetery
text:
The African Jackson Cemetery is a historic cemetery in the western part of the U.S. state of Ohio. Formed by a colony of more than 300 freedmen from Virginia, who were freed in the will of John Randolph of Roanoke, it has been the resting place for many. Active into the 20th century, it is one of the last extant physical remnants of Rossville, a black settlement founded near the city of Piqua in the late 1840s. The cemetery is listed on the National Register of Historic Places because of its con
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Historic African American cemetery in Ohio
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Jackson_Cemetery
date created:
date modified:
2023-09-07T23:01:10Z
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fields total:
13
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15