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200 possible unmarked graves discovered at Clemson University

200 possible unmarked graves discovered at Clemson University
MORE ON THE DISCOVERY ATTACK. WELL, NIGEL AND CAROL HERE INSIDE THE CEMETERY WHERE ON THE WEST SIDE OF IT. YOU CAN SEE THOSE SOME OF THESE FLAGS MARKING OFF THOSE AREAS FOR THOSE POTENTIAL GRAVESITES. ST. HISTORIAN TELLING US TODAY THAT THERE COULD BE EVEN MORE OF THEM ALL WHILE THE UNIVERSITY IS WORKING TO LEARN MORE. THIS SECTION OF FLAGS NOW SHOWS WHAT HADN’T BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY 215 UNMARKED GRAVES IN WOODLAND CEMETERY. THE ONLY CERTAINTY THAT CAN BE SPECULATED ABOUT THAT AS MOST OF THEM ARE LIKELY TO BE FORMER SLAVES SLAVES FOR THE CALHOUN FAMILY BURIED FIVE FEET BELOW THE GROUND ACCORDING TO RADAR TECHNOLOGY SIX MONTHS AFTER A GROUP OF STUDENTS APPROACHED. DR. RHONDA THOMAS ABOUT MAINTENANCE. IN THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CEMETERY THEY CAME TO ME VERY DISTRAUGHT VERY UPSET AND ASKED WHAT COULD BE DONE. SHE PUT THEM IN TOUCH WITH UNIVERSITY HISTORIAN. DR. PAUL ANDERSON. HE NOTICED FIELD STONES FOR GRAVE SITES. THEY’RE EXPANDING BEYOND WHAT WAS KNOWN AS THE TRADITIONAL BURIAL SITE. IT CERTAINLY WAS NOT BIG ENOUGH TO BE WHAT WE WERE SEEING BY THE BY THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE OF THE FIELD STONES THAT GOT US CURIOUS THIS 1960 COURT ORDER OBTAINED A FEW WEEKS AGO BY THE UNIVERSITY SHOWS OFFICIALS AT THE TIME MOVED SOME GRAVE SITES HERE TO THE SOUTH SIDE FROM THE CEMETERIES WESTERN SIDE A SEARCH OF THAT AREA USING RADAR REVEALED A MAJORITY OF THE SITES. WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE WANT ANSWERS NOW THAT THE DISCOVERY IS KNOWN AND WE WANT TO ASSURE THE PUBLIC AND OUR AFRICAN-AMERICAN THE LOCAL AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY THAT THE WORK CONTINUES A WE WILL CONTINUE WORKING ON THIS AS LONG AS IT TAKES TO GET THE ANSWERS THAT WE NEED. AS YOU HEARD, DR. THOMAS MENTIONED THERE THE UNIVERSITY IS IN TOUCH WITH LEADERS OF THE LOCAL AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY HERE FIGURING OUT THE BEST WAY TO HONOR PEOPLE WHO WERE BURIED HERE.
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200 possible unmarked graves discovered at Clemson University
Historians are working to give the community answers about who the people were and why they were buried there.

Historians are working to give the community answers about who the people were and why they were buried there.

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