Slavery advocate's statue being removed in South Carolina
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The historic South Carolina city of Charleston labored night and day to remove a symbol of its legacy on Wednesday, as crews struggled to take away a statue honoring John C. Calhoun, an early U.S. vice president whose zealous defense of slavery led the nation toward civil war.
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