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City Council votes to move slave auction block

by | Jun 11, 2019 | Government, History

Fredericksburg City Council votes 6-1 to move the slave auction block to the Fredericksburg Area Museum. Councilman Matt Kelly voted no.

The motion by Councilman Chuck Frye asks the City Manager to present a plan to council at it’s July 9th meeting on removing the slave block by the end of the year. This vote reverses a vote in 2017 to leave the slave block in place.

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