Who Deserves to Be Remembered? Formosa, Slave Cemeteries, and Louisiana’s War on Black Burial Grounds
July 28, 2025
The names of the dead were lost beneath a sugarcane field in St. James Parish. For decades, families whispered that their ancestors were buried there. This includes enslaved men, women, and children whose remains lay unmarked because white landowners denied them proper burial. When heavy machinery arrived, those whispers turned into a crisis. The land, […]
