Slave Lot

This lot in Marietta City Cemetery is the burial ground for enslaved and freed people interred in unmarked graves in the mid-1800s — a rare African American section within a major Georgia cemetery.

Slave Lot is a historical marker in Marietta, Cobb County. It is one of 152 historical markers documented in Cobb County, among 377 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.9457, -84.5491 near Marietta. The nearest cataloged historic site is S. V. Sanford (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Marietta Confederate Cemetery, Confederate Cemetery, and U.D.C. Confederate Soldiers Monument.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.