Shockoe Bottom African Burial Ground
The Shockoe Bottom African Burial Ground, known historically as the "Burial Ground for Negroes" and the "old Powder Magazine ground", is the older of two municipal burial grounds established for the interment of free people of color and the enslaved in the city of Richmond, Virginia.- Type: Grassland
- Description: Cemetery in Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “African Burial Ground, Richmond, Virginia”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Monumental Church and White House of the Confederacy.
Monumental Church
Historic building
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Monumental Church is a former Episcopal church at 1224 E. Broad Street between N. 12th and College streets in Richmond, Virginia. Designed by architect Robert Mills, it is one of America's earliest and most distinctive Greek Revival churches. Monumental Church is situated 920 feet west of Shockoe Bottom African Burial Ground.
White House of the Confederacy
Museum
Photo: AlbertHerring, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Second White House of the Confederacy is a historic house located in the Court End neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia. Built in 1818, it served as the main executive residence of the sole President of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis, from August 1861 until April 1865. White House of the Confederacy is situated 1,300 feet northwest of Shockoe Bottom African Burial Ground.
Virginia State Capitol
Government office
Photo: Ron Cogswell, CC BY 2.0.
The Virginia State Capitol is the seat of state government of the Commonwealth of Virginia, located in Richmond, the state capital. It houses the oldest elected legislative body in North America, the Virginia General Assembly, first established as the House of Burgesses in 1619. Virginia State Capitol is situated 2,000 feet west of Shockoe Bottom African Burial Ground.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Union Hill and Richmond.
Union Hill
Neighborhood
Photo: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0.
Union Hill is a historic district of Richmond, Virginia. According to the Richmond Times Dispatch, the neighborhood "generally is bordered on the south by East Marshall Street and Jefferson Avenue, on the west by Mosby Street, on the north by O and Carrington…
Richmond
Photo: jeff horne, CC BY 2.0.
Richmond is the capital of Virginia. Richmond has a population of 227,000 and the adjacent counties of Henrico and Chesterfield combine to create a local population of more than 1.3 million people.
Shockoe Slip
Neighborhood
Photo: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0.
Shockoe Slip is a district in the downtown area of Richmond, Virginia. The name "slip" referred to a narrow passageway leading from Main Street to where goods were loaded and unloaded from the former James River and Kanawha Canal.
Shockoe Bottom African Burial Ground
- Categories: cemetery and historic site
- Location: Richmond, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.538° or 37° 32′ 17″ northLongitude
-77.42685° or 77° 25′ 37″ westOpen location code
8794GHQF+67OpenStreetMap ID
way 315535969OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial_cemeteryOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=grassWikidata ID
Q108581831
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In Other Languages
“Shockoe Bottom African Burial Ground” goes by many names.
- Hausa: “Shockoe Ƙarƙashin Kabari na Afirka”
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Highlights include Lumpkin’s Slave Jail and First African Baptist Church.
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