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Slave Block: historical marker thief disrupts the narrative in Charlottesville

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Slave Block: historical marker thief disrupts the narrative in Charlottesville

David McNair
Feb 20, 2020
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We naturally want what happens in the world to reinforce our notion of reality, to serve as examples of the things we believe in, but the truth, as Oscar Wilde observed, is rarely pure and never simple.

When the historical marker for the slave auction block in Court Square went missing in the early morning hours of February 6, many in Charlottesville…

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