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A woman formerly enslaved in Virginia is the subject of a new monument in a town in England to where she escaped. I’ve lived in Virginia for years and never heard her story. This is the kind of memory culture we need. www.northshields800.com/news/mary-an...

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Mary Ann Macham: Sculpture of escaped enslaved woman’s moment of freedom takes shape in North Shields — North Shields 800 Created by artist Keith Barrett, Mary Ann has been carved from wood and is about to be cast in bronze ahead of her installation at the top of the town’s spectacular Riverside Embankment Walkway later ... https://www.northshields800.com/news/mary-ann-macham-sculpture-of-escaped-enslaved-womans-moment-of-freedom-takes-shape-in-north-shields