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Old advertisements, several strong negroes for sale! but the idea that we're not just talking about what we considered as manual labor, we are talking about artists and professionals. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> when my uncle was young, he took a picture on the slave block. they wanted him to take a picture. for him, it was about getting the money because he paid him. and when my grandfather realize that he had sat on that block and had his picture taken. my grandfather whipped him and threw the money away. and he told me what that block was. and why he was never to go on that block again. that story has b...

♪ ♪ ♪ >> when my uncle was young, he took a picture on the slave block. they wanted him to take a picture. for him, it was about getting the money because he paid him. and when my grandfather realize that he had sat on that block and had his picture taken. my grandfather whipped him and threw the money away. and he told me what that block was. and why he was never to go on that block again. that story has been with us since we were little. this says, not only did we not want to hear. but we still do not want to hear. >> the lone black councilman pushed to remove the auction block. the si...

Professionals. >> yep. >> when my uncle was young, he took a picture on the slave block for a caucasian who wanted to get a picture. for him it was about getting the money because he paid him. when my grandfather realized he had stood on that block to have his picture made, my grandfather whipped him and threw the money away and told him what that block was and told him to never go near that block again. that story has been with us since we were little children. this says, not only did we not want you here, we still don't want you here. >> the six white members of the council said they voted t...

Poet, author and advocate Sandra Turner-Barnes educated South Jersey about its history, particularly that of formerly enslaved African-Americans

Poet, author and advocate Sandra Turner-Barnes educated South Jersey about its history, particularly that of formerly enslaved African-Americans