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Newton Burial Ground: the gravesite where 580 slaves were buried in Barbados in 1600s
It is a 4500 square meter burial site that was reserved by slaveowners on the Newton Plantation for the burial of enslaved Africans between the 1600 to 1800s. It’s believed at least 580 slaves were laid to rest in low dug graves, and in some instances did not measure up to six feet. Archaeological excavations in…
