The Slave Meadow
Isn't 75 years long enough to wait?
This year, 2010, marks the 75th anniversary of The
Blue Ridge Parkway and still the gravestones of the former
slaves buried in The Slave Meadow have not been replaced.
In June of 2005, I received a call from Philip E. (Ted) Coyle,
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Western
Carolina University, who was employed by the National Park Service to
document the fact that slaves or former slaves were buried in The Slave
Meadow at Meadows of Dan, Virginia.
We met on June 18, 2005, and the attached audio file is the
complete unedited interview of me, Bob Heafner, regarding the unmarked
slave graves on National Park Service land bordering the Blue Ridge
Parkway.
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Note: There is a short pause once you click the play icon before the
interview begins.
