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At least 37 freed slaves among those buried at Topeka's Ritchie Cemetery

cjonline 19 Jun 2025
Former slave Martha "Granny" Ransom was freed by "the great Emancipation Proclamation," according to the inscription on a memorial honoring her in Topeka's Ritchie Cemetery.
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BREVARD HISTORY: First Settlement in Cocoa Beach Founded By Family of Newly Freed Slaves Following ...

Space Coast Daily 31 May 2025
The AstroCraft Motel in the 1950s ... BREVARD COUNTY • COCOA BEACH, FLORIDA – The first settlement in Cocoa Beach, Florida, was started by a family of newly freed slaves following the Civil War, but a hurricane in 1885 discouraged settlement ... .
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Archaeologists unearth 100+ year old tool maybe used by freed slaves in Mississippi

Hattiesburg American 28 May 2025
The bricks, about a foot or two under the surface in a shallow, muddy hole, are likely over 125 years old ― the remnants of a postbellum kiln likely used by freed slaves, unearthed by archaeologists surveying the land for a highway development.
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Roman antiquities found at the bottom of a garden, including tombstone of freed slave, go under the hammer

Irish Independent 16 May 2025
... tombstone of a former Roman slave.
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