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Historic Square Gets New Name After Original Is Stripped from One of America’s Oldest Cities

Georgia's oldest city, steeped in history pre-dating the American Revolution, made a historic break with its slavery-era past Thursday as the Savannah City Council voted to rename a downtown square in honor of a black woman who taught formerly enslaved people to read and write. Susie King Taylor is the...

Georgia’s oldest city, steeped in history pre-dating the American Revolution, made a historic break with its slavery-era past Thursday as the Savannah City Council voted to rename a downtown square in honor of a black woman who taught formerly enslaved people to read and write. Susie King Taylor is the…

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