A 176-year-old slave auction block has been removed by the city of Fredericksburg, Virginia amid the outrage of protestors.
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According to the Daily Mail, the slave auction block was removed by officials early Friday morning after the cries of protestors to remove the block based on its painful contribution to history. Prior to its removal, several lawsuits to have the block removed were delayed for months along with the coronavirus pandemic. The stone will be donated to the Fredericksburg Area Museum and its former site is expected to become a landmark.
Councilman Chuck Frye thanked the protestors for having the block removed after years of opposition from the NAACP and African-American residents.
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The museum’s President and CEO Sara Poore said her team is debating whether to remove the graffiti since it is a part of history during an interview with CNN.
‘My recommendation has been very strong in not cleaning it because the graffiti itself tells a story. By cleaning it, you erase history. We need to pave the way to make changes, and we can’t make changes if the slave auction block is sitting on the corner,’
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