Patricia N. Saffran While university officials seem committed to social justice, they stop short when it strikes the prestige and identity of the school. “Mary Berkeley Minor Blackford was an abolitionist in Fredericksburg VA, who owned five slaves. She opposed succession. Her son fought for the Confederacy. That shows the complexity of the issues surrounding slavery,” said Scott Walker, the tourmaster of Hallowed Ground Tours in Fredericksburg on the phone, March 23, 2023. Fast forward to today and no one can begin to understand Biblical slavery or what went on…
