T2 – Episodio 3 – Desafío 2

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The place where James' and Reuben mortal remains rest, in a single cemetery serving both negroes and whites, was made available not by the State of Oregon, nor the City of Philomath, nor even the United Brethren Church. The 2 acres that formed the Mount Union Cemetery was a donation of the former slave Reuben, donated to Philomath, with the caveat that both blacks and whites would be buried there. 

Pero esa no es toda la historia: a continuación se presentan algunos extractos de un artículo de periódico de hace 60 años que completa algunos de los detalles.

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