After decades as a medical skeleton, a hanged Black man's remains will be given proper burial | CBC News LoadedThe remains of a Black man hanged for murder in the Annapolis Valley nearly 200 years ago will be to be laid to rest on Saturday after his skeleton spent decades on display in doctors' offices. The remains of a Black man hanged for murder in Nova Scotia nearly 200 years ago will be laid to rest Saturday after his skeleton spent decades on display in doctors' offices.
"Every human being has worth, and I just feel that he was — his remains — were treated in such a way, desecrated almost, the way that he was treated," Rev. Rhonda Britton, told CBC Radio'sRev. Rhonda Britton, the pastor of New Horizons Baptist Church in Halifax, will lead the ceremony on Saturday. The collection, which included the bones, had been passed down through several generations of doctors in the Webster family.Marble said the bones were loose inside a bag when they were donated. Some were missing, including the skull.
The remains of Labban Powell will be laid to rest in the cemetery of the Gibson Woods United Baptist Church. He said once the society had a name to go with the bones, it was only right to ensure they had a proper burial.