Black Graves Moved for Industrial Park
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Black graves are being moved to make way for an industrial park, drawing emotions
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The mostly unidentified remains are being moved from a site that had been part of one of the nation’s largest slave-owning operations.
Some of the remains of tenant farmers and their families are already in a funeral home but will be moved to the new burial site.
Officials have been consulting with descendants about genetic testing on unidentified remains.
Virginia 's Department of Historical Resources granted a permit in late November to move the graves.
The industrial authority has raised $1.3 million from logging the land to fund the project.
The firm hopes to finish transferring the graves by early March .
Descendants are reviewing funeral home records to try to identify those buried in unmarked graves.
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