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Columbian Harmony Cemetery was an African-American cemetery that formerly existed at 9th Street NE and Rhode Island Avenue NE in Washington, D.C., in the United States. Constructed in 1859, it was the successor to the smaller Harmoneon Cemetery in downtown Washington.
- National Harmony Memorial Park
In nearby Washington, D.C., Columbian Harmony Cemetery had...
- National Harmony Memorial Park
Paul Jennings (c. 1799–1874) was an American abolitionist and writer. Enslaved as a young man by President James Madison during and after his White House years, Jennings published, in 1865, the first White House memoir. [1] His book was A Colored Man's Reminiscences of James Madison, described as "a singular document in the history of slavery ...
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"Columbian Harmony Cemetery was an African-American cemetery that formerly existed at 9th Street NE and Rhode Island Avenue NE in Washington, D.C. Constructed in 1859, it was the successor to the smaller Harmoneon Cemetery in downtown Washington.
17 de set. de 2021 · The stones marked the burial sites of some 37,000 Black Washingtonians who were buried at D.C.’s Columbian Harmony Cemetery, on and around what is now the Rhode Island Avenue-Brentwood Metro...
From the early 1880s to the 1920s, Columbian Harmony Cemetery was the most active black cemetery in Washington, with 21.8 percent of all African American burials occurring there. It never ranked lower than fourth in total African American burials, and between 1892 and 1919 it was number one in every year but one.
