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Photos: Community pays its respects at rare slave quarters site in Md.

After being studied and mapped for 18 months the archeological site was buried and preserved today in a ceremony, which included ancestors of the slaves who lived in the quarters. (WTOP/Dick Uliano)
After being studied and mapped for 18 months, the archaeological site was buried and preserved in a ceremony in Crownsville, Md., on Saturday, Sept. 2015. Descendants of the slaves who lived in the quarters attended the ceremony. (WTOP/Dick Uliano)
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After being studied and mapped for 18 months the archeological site was buried and preserved today in a ceremony, which included ancestors of the slaves who lived in the quarters. (WTOP/Dick Uliano)
Front entrance of the slave quarters which was 34 feet by 34 feet.  It included brick construction and brick flooring. (WTOP/Dick Uliano)
The choir from First Christian Community Church, Annapolis sang hymns at the ceremony closing the slave quarters site. (WTOP/Dick Uliano)
The slave quarter corner hearth and interior brick wall. (WTOP/Dick Uliano)
Nancy Matthews Daniels of Laurel MD,  a descendant of slaves who lived in the slave quarters unearthed at Belvoir, also called Scotts Plantation.  (WTOP/Dick Uliano)
Archaeologists came to Belvoir to search for the history of French General Rochambeau but instead discovered the American story.  (WTOP/Dick Uliano)
Dick Uliano

Whether anchoring the news inside the Glass-Enclosed Nerve Center or reporting from the scene in Maryland, Virginia or the District, Dick Uliano is always looking for the stories that really impact people's lives.

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