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Fayetteville's Black Heritage Preservation Commission unveiled historical markers, recognizing Nelson Hackett's legacy on slavery and fugitivity, including a bronze plaque on the downtown square.
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Monday night at 6:00 there will be a public forum dedicated to the legacy of Nelson Hackett and how the city of Fayetteville can honor his memory. He was an enslaved man who fled the city in the mid-19th century. An ensuing legal battle made intertnational news.
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Host Caree Banton is joined by Michael Pierce, an associate professor of history at the University of Arkansas to talk about the story of Nelson Hackett's escape from Fayetteville.
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In 1619, the first African slaves were brought to the colonies beginning what is now 400 years of African-American history in the U.S. A Fayetteville…