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Push to name street for abolitionists instead of slaver

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The city council in Providence is considering whether to remove a slave trader's name from a street and rechristen it after a prominent 19th century black couple in the city, known for his art and for their support of the abolitionist movement. Magee Street is only one block long, but it has a notable tenant: Brown University's faculty club. The street was named in 1805 for William Fairchild Megee, who embarked on a slave-trading voyage to Senegal the same year, according to a history published by the Rhode Island Historical Society.Read more on NewsOK.com

 

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