Session 3- God’s Little Acre lecture and tour
This lecture will take place in the Belmont Chapel and focus on the section of the Common Burying Ground known as God’s Little Acre. It contains the largest collection of graves with headstones for people of African heritage that lived in colonial America. The lecture will introduce the site and stones to participants with some people and stones highlighted.
Participants will then leave the chapel to tour the site.
This lecture will take place in the Belmont Chapel and focus on the section of the Common Burying Ground known as God’s Little Acre. It contains the largest collection of graves with headstones for people of African heritage that lived in colonial America. The lecture will introduce the site and stones to participants with some people and stones highlighted.
Participants will then leave the chapel to tour the site.