ANCESTOR VOWS TO PRESERVE SLAVE CEMETERY
Born into slavery, Mike and Phoebe -- who never had last names -- were buried among other slaves in unmarked graves scattered deep in an Alabama pine forest.
The hillside cemetery was long lost under dense growth. For a time, a landowner prohibited relatives from coming near. Then, a decade ago, a descendant of Mike and Phoebe rediscovered it.
(LA Daily News, unearthed by Bill Messick)
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