Tag Archives: African American

George Alvis-Black Blacksmith of Harrisburg

Lincoln Cemetery

George Alvis (1800-186?): Black Blacksmith of Harrisburg, PA George Alvis was born in 1800 in Richmond, Virginia. By 1830, he was the head of a Free African American family living in Harrisburg, PA. He was a Black Blacksmith. He is buried in Lincoln Cemetery, Harrisburg’s oldest historically Black Cemetery. Before the White … Continue reading →

Jim Crow’s Graveyard: The History of Harrisburg’s Black Cemeteries

Lincoln Cemetery

Lincoln Cemetery: Jim Crow’s Graveyard, Harrisburg’s Black Cemeteries & How There’s Only One Left It is time to tell the true history of Harrisburg’s Black Cemeteries. Lincoln Cemetery is Harrisburg’s oldest Black cemetery, but it was not founded in 1816, 1817, or 1827, as written iron on the cemetery’s front gates…The grounds … Continue reading →