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Frasier Balzov

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1. Why would nominally freedmen be interred with enslaved?

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Jul 9, 2024, 02:21 PM

Jul 2024

Is it because of post-mortem segregation?

This is where all the black people go in the ground?

Or is it because freedmen continue to reside among enslaved friends and family until everyone dies?

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Why would nominally freedmen be interred with enslaved? Frasier Balzov Jul 2024 #1

Thanks for posting. appalachiablue Jul 2024 #2