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Matt Joyner

President, Mecklenburg Historical Society, Mecklenburg Historical Society

President of the Mecklenburg Historical Society.

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The Enslaved Believed Buried Outside Sugaw Creek's Cemetery Fence

Jack Beckett·

Charlotte made the two Sugaw Creek Presbyterian Church cemeteries historic landmarks Monday. Researchers told council that more than 500 enslaved people are believed buried just outside them in unmarked graves, and asked that those graves be protected too.

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