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That new site, which was located near the historic African American community of Fazendeville, Louisiana, was designated as the Freedmen's Cemetery. [9] [10] New burials at the Freedmen's Cemetery came mainly from referrals by the Freedmen's Hospitals in Louisiana with approximately 716 interments made between 1867 and 1869.
Fazendeville was a small, historic, African American community in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, United States. Located near the Freedmen's Cemetery in the parish, this village was razed during the 1960s as part of an expansion of the Chalmette National Battlefield in the Jean Lafitte National Historic Park and Preserve. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Freedmen's Cemetery (Louisiana) G. Girod Street Cemetery; S. St. Augustine Catholic Church and Cemetery (Natchez, Louisiana) Saint Louis Cemetery; Shrewsbury (Camp ...
Located adjacent to the Chalmette National Cemetery, and within the boundaries of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, is the site of the defunct Freedmen's Cemetery, a four-acre African American burial ground that had been established by the federal government in 1867 to inter the remains of formerly enslaved men, women and ...
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This list of cemeteries in Louisiana includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
Freedmen's Cemetery (or Freedman's Cemetery) may refer to: Freedmen's Cemetery (Louisiana), St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana; Freedman's Cemetery (Texas), also known as Freedmen's Cemetery, Dallas, Texas; Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia; Oak Grove-Freedman's Cemetery, Salisbury, North Carolina
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