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== '''African-American Reources''' == | == '''African-American Reources''' == | ||
The Last Slave Ships: [http://www.melfisher.org/exhibitions/lastslaveships/cemetery.htm Key West African Cemetery] | The Last Slave Ships: [http://www.melfisher.org/exhibitions/lastslaveships/cemetery.htm Key West African Cemetery] | ||
This report details the evidence of an African cemetery at Higgs Beach in Key West, Florida, and describes how it was located. Includes facsimiles of historical records, maps, and photos. In 1860, the U.S. Navy intercepted three American-owned slave ships taking Africans to Cuba. Now refugees, the Africans were taken to Key West before being sent to Liberia. Many died and were buried at Higgs Beach. From the Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society | This report details the evidence of an African cemetery at Higgs Beach in Key West, Florida, and describes how it was located. Includes facsimiles of historical records, maps, and photos. In 1860, the U.S. Navy intercepted three American-owned slave ships taking Africans to Cuba. Now refugees, the Africans were taken to Key West before being sent to Liberia. Many died and were buried at Higgs Beach. From the Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society. | ||
== Books == | == Books == | ||