Important Black Historical Figure Found Buried in KC
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The search for the burial site of a man who persuaded thousands of freed slaves to move to Kansas after the Civil War is over.
Historians say Benjamin "Pap" Singleton was one of the most important black men in Kansas history. A former slave, he brought freed black people north to one colony in southeast Kansas and another in the Flint Hills. The Kansas City Star reports historians were never sure exactly where Singleton was buried after he died in 1900.
Two Kansas genealogists and a researcher at the Kansas Historical Society confirmed recently that Singleton is buried in what was known as the "colored section" of Union Cemetery in Kansas City, Mo. Now, they want to raise money to give Singleton a proper memorial at the cemetery.