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Obituary of George B. Taylor, (Transcribed), Birmingham Eccentric, Nov. 8, 1901
Obituary of Eliza Taylor, (Transcribed), Birmingham Eccentric, Apr 25, 1902
To help commemorate Birmingham's Black history, flowers are placed during Black History Month by museum staff on the grave sites of Eliza and George Taylor and Abbie and Abe Farmer. Read more about the symbolism of the flowers and the burial traditions of formerly enslaved people in this article by Donna Casaceli.
Watch a virtual tour of Greenwood Cemetery featuring George and Eliza's story, hosted by George Getschman of the Friends of the Birmingham Museum:
Obituary of Eliza Taylor, (Transcribed), Birmingham Eccentric, Apr 25, 1902

Watch a virtual tour of Greenwood Cemetery featuring George and Eliza's story, hosted by George Getschman of the Friends of the Birmingham Museum:

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A Tale of Four Families: The Black History of Birmingham, Part 2; Black but also Native American--the Farmer Family of Wayne County, by Leslie Pielack
Additional articles explore the connection of early Birmingham to the Underground Railroad and anti-slavery activism in early Michigan:
In His Own Words: Birmingham's George Taylor's perilous journey fleeing enslavement in Kentucky, by Donna Casaceli and Leslie Pielack