Slave burial ground discovery at Dickinson Plantation comes with 'heavy responsibility'

DOVER -- A single sentence from an old family document suggested that a slave burial ground with as many as 400 graves existed somewhere on Delaware's historic John Dickinson Plantation.

Until this March, there was fear the graveyard of the slaves who lived, worked and died on the plantation was lost to history.

But on March 9, researchers for the Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs believe they found a burial ground of "enslaved individuals and other African Americans" in a remote site on the John Dickinson Plantation.

They are now are grappling with the responsibility that comes with the historic discovery.

Read more: https://www.doverpost.com/story/news/2021/04/01/burial-ground-discovery-dickinson-plantation-comes-heavy-responsibility/7044623002/