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African Union Church Cemetery
AFRICAN UNION CHURCH CEMETERY
FOUNDED: 1835
ADDITONAL NAMES: N/A
AFFILIATION(S): N/A
HISTORY:
Property bought in 1835 by five Black residents of Polktown, the adjacent free Black hamlet: site of original small church. Polktown was one of the earliest free Black settlements in Delaware. The church later moved into Polktown proper. At least Five United States Colored Troops veterans are buried here, and a handful of other markers remain. The restored cemetery and memorial plaza come at the end of two decades of work and research. See www.africanunioncemetery.org and Facebook.
BCN Contact Information:
Friends of the AUCC
africanunioncemetery@gmail.com