African Cemetery at Higgs Beach


African Cemetery at Higgs Beach
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location	Key West, Florida
Coordinates	24°32′54″N 81°47′11″W / 24.548382°N 81.7864°W / 24.548382; -81.7864
NRHP Reference #	12000362^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 26, 2012^[1]

The African Cemetery at Higgs Beach is an historic cemetery in Key West, Florida. It contains the graves of Africans who died after being rescued in 1860 from captured slave ships. The cemetery was discovered in 2002 using ground-penetrating radar.^[2] On June 26, 2012, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.^[1]

References

1 2 3 Weekly List Of Actions Taken On Properties: 12/03/12 through 12/07/12
↑ African Cemetery found on Beach, Ocala Star-Banner, Sep 16, 2002

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