BLACK BY GOD: A small WV town discovered an unmarked slave cemetery. They spent Juneteenth honoring the dead.
By Skylar Cale | Black By God, Folk Reporters, Donate here. Over 100 people came to the dedication ceremony for the Fairfax Slave Ceremony in Preston County. Watt, Ellen, Bazil, Rachel, Charlotte, Argoth, Loretta, Virginia, Lorenzo, William Henry and Juretta. Of the 15 to 20 enslaved people buried in the Fairfax Slave Cemetery, these are the only names we know. […]
