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Carrboro, Remembrance Coalition Unveil Marker to Manly McCauley 125 Years After His Lynching
Dozens of people crunched over pine needles and stepped onto the grass under trees beside Laurel Avenue and Carrboro Town Hall on Sunday, slowly approaching a historical marker with a black shroud over it. Minutes later, the fabric was thrown back to reveal a blue and gold plaque with a title emblazoned at the top. “The Lynching of Manly McCauley” McCauley was a Black man killed in 1898 by a mob of white men after he had seemingly eloped with the wife of a prominent — but also reportedly abusive — Orange County farmer. The mob lynched the 18-year-old near Hatch Road and Old Greensboro Road, west of Carrboro. For years, his name went largely unspoken by those in power and by the local governm

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