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The stone markers memorializing the lives of Black people buried at Worthington Cemetery have long been moved. But, a new marker, commissioned by the Defiance Public Library, aims to keep their legacy alive.

The Worthington Cemetery in Defiance County is the final resting place of around 50 freed slaves, but was lost as farming interests took over the property.

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