Mystery surrounds dozens of unmarked graves at former plantation where Booker T. Washington was born a slave
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Officials at Booker T. Washington National Monument, about 20 miles outside Roanoke, Virginia, are asking the public for help in unraveling one of its biggest mysteries.
Hidden away in a section of the park just off its Jack O' Lantern Trail rests a cemetery that predates much of the known history of the former plantation where Booker T. Washington was born a slave and later freed. The cemetery has few markings to provide context to who was buried there or when they were buried.
"It's definitely one of the biggest mysteries at the park," said Tim Sims, senior park ranger.
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