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May 13, 2018 Formerly Enslaved Woman Honored at 1820 Grave site On May 9, a group of students, faculty, and Middletown friends joined Jumoke McDuffie-Thurmond ’19 and Chief Ayanda Clarke ’99 in a spiritual commemoration ceremony to honor a woman, Silva Storms, who died in 1820 and was buried in the cemetery on Vine Street, across … Read more

 Unit 12 is in the front yard of 170 Cross Street. Unit 12 measures 1 meter x 1 meter, and was excavated on Spetember 17, and October 12, 20, and 21. 4 Contexts were dug, eventually finding a steel pipe leading in from the street.    

Unit 11 located is in the back yards of 168 and 170 Cross Street. Unit 11 measures 1 meter x 1 meter, and was excavated on September 14 and 17, and October 12, 20, and 21. 3 Contexts were dug, the third context (5002) was much larger than the previous 2 and had no apparent … Read more