Gidan binnewa na Bethel

Bethel Burial Ground wani kabari ne na Afirka na tarihi wanda ke cikin Kudancin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a ƙarƙashin wani ɓangare na filin wasa na Weccacoe, wanda ke da iyaka da Sarauniya, S. Lawrence, Catherine, da S. Liethgow Streets. Gidan binnewa ya kasance kusan murabba'in ƙafa 100 kuma yana ƙasa da kusurwar kudu maso yammacin filin wasa na yanzu.

 Tarihi 
An fara binnewa a cikin 1810 bayan Rev. Richard Allen ya sayi ƙasar don Ikilisiyar Uwar Bethel AME, wanda ke kusa da rabin mil a arewa, don zama wurin hutawa ga 'yan Afirka na Afirka. takaddun shaida na mutuwa da mutuwa sun rubuta jana'iza 1,716 a shafin   kafin 1830. 

An yi amfani da adadi mai yawa a shafin don karɓar binnewa bayan 1842, a sakamakon tara kaburbura a saman kaburbura na baya. Kimanin jimlar binnewar ya kasance daga 3,000 - 5,000. Kabari ya ƙare a 1864 kuma an yi watsi da shafin. Daga 1869-1873 an yi amfani da rukunin don adana wagons da sauran kayan aiki ta hanyar mai gyaran sukari kuma an kara lalacewa. Cocin Bethel ya sayar da dukiyar a 1889. A shekara ta 1900 an canza shi zuwa wurin shakatawa, sannan aka sani da Weccacoe Square . [1]￼

Wani binciken farko ya tabbatar da girman makabartar, ya sami shaidar kaburbura da yawa, da kuma yadudduka na cikawa, da kuma dutse guda ɗaya da ke karantawa "Amelia Brown, 1819, Shekaru 26 - Duk wanda ke rayuwa kuma ya yi imani da ni, kodayake mu [sic] matattu, duk da haka za mu [sic].

 Filin wasa na Weccacoe 
Filin wasa na Weccacoe, wanda ke kan 400 block na Catharine Street, yana da filin wasa wanda ya samo asali ne daga shekara ta 1910.  An gina wani ɓangare na wurin shakatawa a kan Bethel Burial Ground . Gidan shakatawa ya haɗa da cibiyar nishaɗi, filin wasan tennis, filin wasa da filin wasa na ruwa.

 Manazarta