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Help! Save the Slaves
Save the Slaves October 7, 2008
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40 to 50 slave grave sites that the Wake County School Board didn't want anyone to know about. There is a survey tape over one of the graves.
If they move them, they will more than likely 'not' place these stones back or put these people back beside of their family members. The Commissioners in Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia voted 'NO' to have a school put over their grave sites, as to preserve their states history. It makes me sick to think that the Wake County School Board would plow them under like they meant nothing.
These people (slaves) should get the respect and consideration in death that they did not receive in their life, and be left to rest in peace where they are. How could they disregard this? These slaves even took the time to make headstones, as best they could, to mark where their families and friends were laid to rest. A part of this states history is going to be destroyed because of the School Board and our Wake County Commissioners.
What a disgrace to our heritage and our nation. I guess the slaves are in their way, and they are to be discarded just as they were, when they were of no longer use to their owners.
This cemetery was to be added to our National Register of Historic Places, and should fall under protection from someone that cares about preserving our history. We have spoken out and we have fallen on deaf ears.
It is very important that someone gets this the attention it needs, to preserve this site. The Wake County School Board has pushed this agenda forward after it was voted against in August. The Commissioners voted last night, October 6, 2008 to build this school on Forestville Rd. here in Wake Forest NC.
We told them of this site and it's importance of our nations history but, it did not have any effect or was given any consideration. There are alternative sites to build this school, but, the school board wants this one. There is another high school just two miles down the same road that has not even opened yet. The School Board has said they will 'TRY' and build around it, but if they can't, they will move it.
I don't think the School Board will change their plans on the lay out of this site because the High School is to sit on the cemetery. We believe they were just going to plow it under.
The site was only found a week or so ago and is in the process of being filed as a cemetery, but, the Commissioners that voted to build on it, will be the very ones that will vote to move it, and we are sure they will, since they voted the 5 million dollar land purchase to be made. What will moving a few slaves matter to them?
It's only a matter of time before the bull dozier arrives.
The School Board wants to start building immediately.
The Institute of Historic Preservation and Education presented to the Commissioners a letter that was not read out loud to the public but passed around quietly among themselves. It's contents were not mentioned or even given consideration for further due diligence to be performed on the importance of this new information they received.
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We are hoping the 'slaves voices' can ring loudly, but we need your help, and we need it now.
Sincerely,
Angela *******
