- Joined
- Oct 17, 2012
- Location
- Middle Tennessee
Union Baptist Cemetery and its black Civil War heroes
Share
Tweet
E-mail
Comments
Print
By Howard Wilkinson
Listen
4:07
Listen here
Union Baptist Cemetery is tucked away in a quiet spot off Cleves-Warsaw Road in Covedale. It’s the oldest Baptist African-American cemetery in Cincinnati, run by the oldest black Baptist congregation in the city.
It’s also a monument to about 120 free black men. During the Civil War, they took up arms and fought as soldiers against a Confederate army that would have kept their people in bondage.
Photo and video, as well as the rest can be found here: http://wvxu.org/post/union-baptist-cemetery-and-its-black-civil-war-heroes
Share
Tweet
Comments
By Howard Wilkinson
Listen
4:07
Listen here
Union Baptist Cemetery is tucked away in a quiet spot off Cleves-Warsaw Road in Covedale. It’s the oldest Baptist African-American cemetery in Cincinnati, run by the oldest black Baptist congregation in the city.
It’s also a monument to about 120 free black men. During the Civil War, they took up arms and fought as soldiers against a Confederate army that would have kept their people in bondage.
Photo and video, as well as the rest can be found here: http://wvxu.org/post/union-baptist-cemetery-and-its-black-civil-war-heroes