From the April 7, 2021, Natchez, Miss. Democrat by Sabrina Robertson.
It will be placed prominently in the Natchez Memorial Park outside of St. Mary Basilica. This would honor those who risked their lives by joining the U.S. Army.
The story of Forks of the Road, one of the largest slave markets in the country will also be a part of the monument's design. Some of the people in the Forks of the Road were about to be sold when they were freed by Union forces.
Parts of the Forks of the Road were used in the construction of Fort McPherson in Natchez. Some Natchez residents are calling for the removal of the Confederate memorial at the Memorial Park, but it sounds like it will remain as it gives another aspect of Natchez's heritage and past.
I agree whole-heartedly with letting the Confederate monument remain and building the monument to the USCT as more than likely, USCT troops manned Fort McPherson. However, I would want there to be a separate monument to the Forks in the Road slave market.
I believe history should give all aspects of a group or place.
Natchez has a slave and a Confederate past. Both should be memorialized.
--Old Secesh
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