200 possible unmarked graves discovered at Clemson University

Historians are working to give the community answers about who the people were and why they were buried there.

MORE ON THE DISCOVERY ATTACK.WELL, NIGEL AND CAROL HEREINSIDE THE CEMETERY WHERE ON THEWEST SIDE OF IT.YOU CAN SEE THOSE SOME OF THESEFLAGS MARKING OFF THOSE AREASFOR THOSE POTENTIAL GRAVESITES.ST.HISTORIAN TELLING US TODAY THATTHERE COULD BE EVEN MORE OF THEMALL WHILE THE UNIVERSITY ISWORKING TO LEARN MORE.THIS SECTION OF FLAGS NOW SHOWSWHAT HADN’T BEEN IDENTIFIED FORMORE THAN A CENTURY 215 UNMARKEDGRAVES IN WOODLAND CEMETERY.THE ONLY CERTAINTY THAT CAN BESPECULATED ABOUT THAT AS MOST OFTHEM ARE LIKELY TO BE FORMERSLAVES SLAVES FOR THE CALHOUNFAMILY BURIED FIVE FEET BELOWTHE GROUND ACCORDING TO RADARTECHNOLOGY SIX MONTHS AFTER AGROUP OF STUDENTS APPROACHED.DR. RHONDA THOMAS ABOUTMAINTENANCE.IN THE SOUTH SIDE OF THECEMETERY THEY CAME TO ME VERYDISTRAUGHT VERY UPSET AND ASKEDWHAT COULD BE DONE.SHE PUT THEM IN TOUCH WITHUNIVERSITY HISTORIAN.DR. PAUL ANDERSON.HE NOTICED FIELD STONES FORGRAVE SITES.THEY’RE EXPANDING BEYOND WHATWAS KNOWN AS THE TRADITIONALBURIAL SITE.IT CERTAINLY WAS NOT BIG ENOUGHTO BE WHAT WE WERE SEEING BY THEBY THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE OF THEFIELD STONES THAT GOT US CURIOUSTHIS 1960 COURT ORDER OBTAINED AFEW WEEKS AGO BY THE UNIVERSITYSHOWS OFFICIALS AT THE TIMEMOVED SOME GRAVE SITES HERE TOTHE SOUTH SIDE FROM THECEMETERIES WESTERN SIDE A SEARCHOF THAT AREA USING RADARREVEALED A MAJORITY OF THESITES.WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE WANT ANSWERSNOW THAT THE DISCOVERY IS KNOWNAND WE WANT TO ASSURE THE PUBLICAND OUR AFRICAN-AMERICAN THELOCAL AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITYTHAT THE WORK CONTINUES A WEWILL CONTINUE WORKING ON THIS ASLONG AS IT TAKES TO GET THEANSWERS THAT WE NEED.AS YOU HEARD, DR. THOMASMENTIONED THERE THE UNIVERSITYIS IN TOUCH WITH LEADERS OF THELOCAL AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITYHERE FIGURING OUT THE BEST WAYTO HONOR PEOPLE WHO WERE BURIEDHERE.