The grave of Sambo
N 53° 59.780 W 002° 52.970
30U E 507680 N 5983120
On the area land separated from the mainland at Overton twice a day by the tide is Sunderland Point,a small village, and here lies the grave of Sambo,who arrived here in 1736 with his master.
Waymark Code: WM3FPA
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/30/2008
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Sambo was an African Slave boy who arrived at the port of Sunderland point with his master ,He was taken ill soon after,probably with a European disease to which he had no immunity and died.
Because he was black and not a Christian he was not buried on Consecrated ground,his body was interred on what is now a remote and windswept shore,with nothing but the vast sea that brought him from his homeland so far away.
For a long time the grave was unmarked until money was raised for a memorial,now the grave is often visited and fresh flowers are left.
The shoreline along the coast near the grave is littered with sea bleached trunks of old trees that have been washed ashore on the tide,giving the place an eerie feeling of isolation.
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Sunderland point is not a place to visit without first checking the tide time table,as the strip of land becomes completely cut off twice a day,on one of our visits a couple of years ago we returned to the carparking area on the shingle foreshore and found the tide to be just covering the road,so we had to wait about 3 hours for the tide to come in and go out again sufficiently for us to re cross safely.
From the parking area at the end of the road,the grave can be reached by following signed footpaths,the walk is about 1 mile.
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