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by Nadia K. Orton
Posted on November 3, 2020
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African American Images of Suffolk: Maroon Colonies, Great Dismal Swamp

Dismal Swamp State Park. Photo: Nadia K. Orton. All rights reserved.

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Posted in Civil War, Genealogy, Nansemond County, North Carolina, Suffolk, Uncategorized, Underground Railroad, VirginiaTagged freedom seekers, Gates County (NC), Great Dismal Swamp, Maroon Communities, Nansemond County (VA), North Carolina, Runaway slave ads, slavery, Suffolk (VA), Underground Railroad, Virginia

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African American Images of Suffolk

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African American Images of Suffolk: Canaan Baptist Church, est. 1875

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African American Images of Suffolk: Mount Ararat Christian Church, ca. 1866

Protected: The Obituary of Mrs. Gaines

African American Images of Suffolk: Gethsemane Baptist Church, ca. 1875

Tropical Storm Isaias Update: Views of Oak Lawn

African American Images of Suffolk: Students and staff of the Nansemond Collegiate Institute, ca. 1907

African American Images of Suffolk: Two Americas (ca. 1922)

Protected: Memorial Day at Oak Lawn, 2020

African American Images of Suffolk: Mount Sinai Baptist Church

Mineral Springs Baptist Church, Whaleyville

Oak Lawn Cemetery, Historical Marker

Protected: Memorial Day, 2019

Memorial Day, 2018: Three generations…

African American Images of Suffolk: In an African American neighborhood, ca. 1925

African American Images of Suffolk: First Baptist Church – Mahan (org. 1866)

African American Images of Suffolk: Corinth Chapel United Church of Christ, est. 1868

Albert G. Horton, Jr. Memorial Cemetery

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Oak Lawn Cemetery
Suffolk, VA 23434

(804) 617-6981

Monday-Friday: 10am-5pm
Saturday: 11-3pm
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Oak Lawn Cemetery
Suffolk, VA 23434

804-617-6981

Mon-Fri: 10am - 5pm
Saturday: 11am-3pm

Historic Oak Lawn Cemetery

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