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African Cemetery at Higgs Beach
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Key West, Florida
Coordinates	24°32′54″N 81°47′11″W / 24.548382°N 81.7864°W / 24.548382; -81.7864
NRHP reference No.	12000362
Added to NRHP	June 26, 2012

The African Cemetery at Higgs Beach is a cemetery in Key West, Florida, where nearly 300 Africans were buried in 1860.

In 1860, the United States Navy intercepted three ships that held 1,432 Africans and were engaging in the illicit slave trade. The Africans were rescued and held in quarantine. During this time, 294 people died and were buried at Higgs Beach. The cemetery was discovered in 2002 using ground-penetrating radar. On June 26, 2012, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

Gallery

• African Cemetery Historic Marker
• African Cemetery at Higgs Beach - June 2020

References

1. ^ "Weekly List Of Actions Taken On Properties: 12/03/12 through 12/07/12".
2. "African Cemetery at Higgs Beach".
3. "African cemetery found on beach". Ocala Star-Banner. 16 Sep 2002 – via GoogleNews.

External links

• African Cemetery at Find a Grave

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