Anson Street African Burial Ground

Anson Street African Burial Ground is a historic African American cemetery and archeological site in , United States. Children, women and men of African descent were buried at this location between the 1760s and 1790s.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Memorial
  • Description: 18th-century cemetery in South Carolina
  • Also known as: “The Anson African Burial Memorial”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Theodora Park and St. John’s Reformed Episcopal Church.

Park
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is a small public park in operated by the City of Charleston. The park was masterminded by David Rawle, public relations and marketing firm founder, who lives nearby in the historic neighborhood.

Church
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St. John's Reformed Episcopal Church is a historic African-American Anglican church in . Founded in 1906 and occupying a building built in 1850, the church is a member of the Reformed Episcopal Church's Diocese of the Southeast.

Public building
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The is a concert hall and performance venue in . It opened in 2015 and replaced the Gaillard Municipal Auditorium. Both buildings were named after John Palmer Gaillard Jr., mayor of Charleston from 1959 to 1975.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ansonborough and Wraggborough.

Quarter
is a neighborhood in . In 1726, Captain George Anson acquired a 64-acre tract from Thomas Gadsden. Anson's lands were divided into smaller parcels for development, and several streets were named either for his ships or for himself: George and Anson, Scarborough and Squirrel, and Centurion.

Quarter
is a neighborhood in downtown , named after slave trader Joseph Wragg, and noted for its association with the slave trade.

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is the largest and oldest city in the state of in the United States of America. Its historic downtown is on a peninsula formed by two rivers, the Ashley and the Cooper, flowing into the Atlantic, and protected from the open ocean by surrounding islands.

Anson Street African Burial Ground

Latitude
32.78615° or 32° 47′ 10″ north
Longitude
-79.93151° or 79° 55′ 53″ west
Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)
Inception
July 2025
Open location code
8742Q3P9+F9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13021935829
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Wiki­data ID
Q125662496
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In Other Languages

“Anson Street African Burial Ground” goes by many names.
  • Hausa: “Anson Street Gidan binnewar Afirka”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include St. John’s School Building and St. John’s Reformed Episcopal Church.

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