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Northeast Louisiana - African American Cemeteries

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

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• Related topics

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

• "The kind of ancestors we have is not as important as the kind of descendants our ancestors have." -Phyllis A. Wallace