>We've got slavery historical sites all over
>the place, as part of the Federal Park service, state parks services, and
>as part of municipal and private foundations.
Here's a story from Buck O'Neill about Satchel Paige. Paige called O'Neill "Nancy". He explains why earlier in the interview. Whole interview at: http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/baseball/shadowball/oneil.html
But let me tell you about a part of Satchel that no one ever hears about. On the road once, we were going to Charleston, South Carolina, and when we got to Charleston the rooms weren't ready. So Satchel said to me, "Nancy, come with me." I said, "Okay." I had an idea where we were going. We went over to Drum Island. Drum Island is where they auctioned off the slaves. And they had a plaque saying what had happened there. And we stood there, he and I, maybe ten minutes, not saying a word, just thinking. And after about ten minutes he said, "You know what, Nancy?" I said, "What, Satchel?" He said, "Seems like I've been here before." I said, "Me, too." I know that my great grandfather could have been there. My great grandmother could have been auctioned off on that block. So this was Satchel a little deeper than a lot of people thought.