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A small band of volunteers is working to restore a Lee County cemetery that dates to the early 1800s and contains the graves of hundreds of slaves.
The burial ground, near the Buffalo Presbyterian Church on Carthage Street, had fallen into disrepair in recent decades and was gradually overtaken by ivy and a pine forest.
At least 1,500 African-Americans are buried in the cemetery, but Sanders said the total could be double that.
"I would say a majority of them buried here are slaves," she said, noting some marked graves predate the Civil War.
This found is amazing. Estimated 1500 graves most pre-dating the civil war.
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