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Shell_Seas

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Wed Apr 13, 2022, 12:29 PM Apr 2022

Why Does Dallas Have A Street Named After A Human Trafficker And Slaveowner? [View all]

W.C.C. Akard enslaved children. During the Civil War, he fled to Texas to avoid emancipation. Dallas named a street after him.

https://livingbluetx.com/2022/04/why-akard-street/

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