Ana Edwards, the chief opponent of the Shockoe Bottom stadium proposal gestures as she stands in front of historical markers at the Slave Burial Ground in Richmond, Va., Monday, March 31, 2014. A proposal to build a minor league baseball stadium in Shockoe Bottom, the city’s oldest neighborhood and the center of the once-thriving slave trade, has drawn criticism from some who believe the area is sacred ground and shouldn’t be bulldozed for a ballpark. The city says it will recover and display artifacts related to the slave trade. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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