The burying-ground for the Moravians of Old Salem, laid out in 1771. All the gravestones are the same size and shape, because all are equal in death.
God’s Acre
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[…] its simple dignity. A few original stones remain: Squire, above, had a stone just like the ones in God’s Acre, because, African or European, slave or free, all are equal in death. Most of the unmarked graves […]
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