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Born into slavery, then sent to an insane asylum and buried here

This cemetery began as a burial ground for people enslaved on the Mahone Plantation, and today it holds generations of their ...
Asylums have long captivated historians and urban explorers, serving as haunting reminders of the problematic origins of mental health care. Much like cemeteries, these institutions were used to ...
(CNN) — Steve Roberts isn’t sure he believes in ghosts. But without them, he can’t really explain what happened several months ago at Pennsylvania’s infamous Pennhurst Asylum. In May, he joined a ...