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Houston, TX - African American Cemeteries

Current cemetery index:
Many African American settlers in rural NW Louisiana eventually migrated to the Houston area for economic and employment gains. Many of these individuals made this their final resting spot so we identified a few cemeteries that had African American connections to NW LA.

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• • Cemetery preservation
  • CEMETERIES IN NORTHEAST LA
  • CEMETERIES IN NORTHWEST LA
  • CEMETERIES IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
  • CEMETERIES IN HOUSTON, TX
  • Marriage records
  • Plantation records
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  • Slaveowners
  • Relationship Chart

• "If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated." -Carter G. Woodson