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Photos: Community pays its respects at rare slave quarters site in Md.

Dick Uliano | duliano@wtop.com

September 26, 2015, 9:08 PM

After being studied and mapped for 18 months the archeological site was buried and preserved today in a ceremony, which included ancestors of the slaves who lived in the quarters. (草莓传媒/Dick Uliano)
After being studied and mapped for 18 months, the archaeological site was buried and preserved in a ceremony in Crownsville, Md., on Saturday, Sept. 2015. Descendants of the slaves who lived in the quarters attended the ceremony. (草莓传媒/Dick Uliano)
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Front entrance of the slave quarters which was 34 feet by 34 feet. It included brick construction and brick flooring. (草莓传媒/Dick Uliano)
This is the front entrance of the slave quarters, which was 34 feet by 34 feet. It included brick construction and brick flooring. (草莓传媒/Dick Uliano)
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The choir from First Christian Community Church, Annapolis sang hymns at the ceremony closing the slave quarters site. (草莓传媒/Dick Uliano)
The choir from First Christian Community Church, Annapolis sang hymns at the ceremony closing the slave quarters archaeological site. (草莓传媒/Dick Uliano)
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The slave quarter corner hearth and interior brick wall. (草莓传媒/Dick Uliano)
This is a corner hearth and聽interior brick wall of a slave quarters site unearthed in Crownsville, Md. (草莓传媒/Dick Uliano)
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Nancy Matthews Daniels of Laurel MD, a descendant of slaves who lived in the slave quarters unearthed at Belvoir, also called Scotts Plantation. (草莓传媒/Dick Uliano)
Nancy Matthews Daniels of Laurel, Md., is a descendant of slaves who lived in the slave quarters — a site聽also called Scotts Plantation– unearthed in Crownsville, Md. (草莓传媒/Dick Uliano)
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Archaeologists came to Belvoir to search for the history of French General Rochambeau but instead discovered the American story. (草莓传媒/Dick Uliano)
Archaeologists came to Belvoir to search for the history of French General Rochambeau but instead discovered the American story. (草莓传媒/Dick Uliano)
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After being studied and mapped for 18 months the archeological site was buried and preserved today in a ceremony, which included ancestors of the slaves who lived in the quarters. (草莓传媒/Dick Uliano)
Front entrance of the slave quarters which was 34 feet by 34 feet. It included brick construction and brick flooring. (草莓传媒/Dick Uliano)
The choir from First Christian Community Church, Annapolis sang hymns at the ceremony closing the slave quarters site. (草莓传媒/Dick Uliano)
The slave quarter corner hearth and interior brick wall. (草莓传媒/Dick Uliano)
Nancy Matthews Daniels of Laurel MD, a descendant of slaves who lived in the slave quarters unearthed at Belvoir, also called Scotts Plantation. (草莓传媒/Dick Uliano)
Archaeologists came to Belvoir to search for the history of French General Rochambeau but instead discovered the American story. (草莓传媒/Dick Uliano)

Dick Uliano

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