Chapel Hill art exhibits explore slavery’s impact 400 years later

November 9, 2019

By Anna Grace Freebersyser

The gallery displays 15 statues of men, women and children shackled to boats. (Anna Grace Freebersyser / Carolina Connection).

One storefront on Franklin St. is temporarily the home of a powerful new exhibit — commemorating the 400th anniversary of the first Africans’ arrival on America’s shore.

The exhibit is part of a larger Chapel Hill project that explores the impact of that year.

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