Andy (River) Peterson

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Andy (River) Peterson @kansasalps

Both Anderson and Shadd Cary, along with many other Black luminaries, were buried at Columbian Harmony Cemetery in Washington, DC. Their original resting place is now the site of the Rhode Island Metro Stop. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 16, 2021

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Anderson escaped the raid and even worked with pioneering Black female publisher and lawyer Mary Ann Shadd Cary to release a first-hand account of the event, which you can read here: https://t.co/kIRqg2iYOO — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 16, 2021

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37,000 bodies were moved to a new site in Maryland, National Harmony Memorial Park, in 1960 after the Cemetery financial issues and the site was sold to developers. But their memorials were not. Some were later found being used as scrap along the Potomac River. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 16, 2021