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F.A.Q.

Where are the cemeteries of the enslaved?

We do not only research on the cemeteries of the Dutch, but also the grave locations of enslaved people. Sadly those locations are hardly known. And because the enslaved were not given stone grave monuments traces of these cemeteries are hard to find. In Suriname we do know that enslaved people were buried on the "Savanne" and on the plantations, but we don't know the exact locations. This is also still unexplored territory in the United States.