Matt Joyner
President, Mecklenburg Historical Society, Mecklenburg Historical Society
President of the Mecklenburg Historical Society.
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Enslaved People Believed Buried Outside Sugaw Creek Cemetery
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.