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Mount Nebo Methodist Cemetery in Maryland is working to uncover the remains of slaves and ancestors. Author: Lucas Robbins, Dave Scarnato Published: 3:03 PM EST March 13, 2021 Updated: 3:03 PM EST March 13, 2021
BOWIE, Md. A historical society in Prince George s County is discovering how to locate human remains in a centuries-old Black church cemetery.
Archaeologists surveyed the burial grounds at Mount Nebo AME church near Bowie on Friday. They were using a radar to find bodies buried on the property that dates back to when the enslavement of African Americans was still legal. We bury the dead to return the people to the ground, said Tim Horsley, an archaeologist with Northern Illinois University who is working at the cemetery.