Located in the woods east of Fort Hunter Mansion and Park near Harrisburg, and largely hidden from view, this small nineteenth century cemetery stands as a reminder of the long struggle for freedom and equality faced by generations of African Americans, both locally and throughout the nation.

Once a part of the Fort Hunter estate, the cemetery is now on privately owned land. Buried there are the descendants of slaves who lived and worked at Fort Hunter from the late 1700s to the 1840s. At that time the wealthy McAllister family owned the property and operated a farm which included a tavern and distillery. Archibald McAllister, who owned the estate, was among the last slave owners in the area.