The discovery of 40 graves — with perhaps dozens more yet to be found — has spawned discussion about how to honour those who lie in rest at the golf course. “They deserve much better than this,“ said Hollinger, 26, who is leading a push to memorialize the rediscovered burial ground. YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN...A huge swath of the property became the Capital City Country Club, now an 18-hole golf course in one of Tallahassee’s most sought-after communities. “A hundred years ago when the golf course was constructed there was certainly no technology to decipher what was or wasn’t here,“ he said during a recent visit to the country club. In Leon County, there are only a handful of known slave burial sites — despite the scores of plantations that once existed in the area.

Source: thestar December 26, 2019 13:30 UTC