02 April 2006
Slaves Unearthed in Portsmouth, NH
Archaeologists have identified 13 sets of remains, and have removed eight that were damaged by sewer runoff, of some of the earliest African American residents of Portsmouth, N.H. Some of the coffins were stacked, leading researchers to estimate that as many as 200 bodies could be buried in the block-long space on Chestnut Street.
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