General
Course learning outcomes
1. Discuss and reflect on the term 'cemetery'.
2. Read and discuss an article on a well known cemetery.
Course dates:
First Published 11/03/2020.
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Course content
What comes to mind when you hear or see the word "cemetery"? Post your answer.
Read the above webpage about the well-known African American Cemetery in Dallas, Texas, USA.
"The Freedman's Cemetery, burial place of as many as 2,000 freed slaves and their descendants, has sat just off the North Central Expressway ever since the road was built over some of the graves 50 years ago."
"(T)housands of African Americans who gathered here to start a new life after the Civil War. In the following years, they built a buzzing neighborhood of shotgun style homes, lively churches and saloons described like “the devil’s rest stop on Earth.” They called it Freedman’s town, and all that remains is the unmarked cemetery where Payton stood."
Discuss the following:
In what ways are cemeteries " as rich an opportunity to connect with the past? "
What historical knowledge can a person obtain by visiting this cemetery?
Compare cemeteries, such as Freedman's Cemetery, to outdoor museums, genealogical information, repositories of folk art and sculpture, even written evidence of language of the past.