What Funerals Were Really Like In Colonial America

Looking at funeral customs during the Colonial Era offers us surprising insight into colonial society in general. Here's what it may have been like to witness a funeral in the American colonies. #Funerals #Colonial #America Things moved quickly | 0:00 Silent funerals | 1:20 You were hellbound | 2:09 Funeral inviters | 3:09 The coffin relay | 4:06 Intricate headstones | 4:45 Tribal burial customs | 5:47 Things got fancy | 6:50 Puritans objected, of course | 8:00 Funeral gloves | 8:51 More funeral swag | 9:59 Black funeral traditions | 10:58 Race and class | 12:15 Funerary disses | 13:21 Funeral food | 14:30 A run on black fabric | 15:43 Waxing poetic | 16:29 Location, location, location | 17:18 Men v. women | 18:06 Funeral evolution | 19:15 Voiceover By: Tim Bensch Read Full Article: https://www.grunge.com/1401158/what-funerals-like-colonial-america/