Damaged historical marker at former slave market rededicated Downtown
Helario Reyna (left) and Tim Huebner raise a rededicated plaque outside Calvary Episcopal Church in Downtown Memphis on Wednesday, April 7. The two-year-old historical marker noting the location of the Downtown slave market owned by Nathan Bedford Forrest was snapped off at its base and broken during the night on July 18, 2020. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Rev. Scott Walters speaks during a rededication ceremony on Wednesday, April 7, of a historical marker noting the location of the Downtown slave market owned by Nathan Bedford Forrest. The marker stands at the southwest corner of Adams Avenue and B.B. King Boulevard near a 1950s-era historical marker that noted the land was the site of Forrest's Memphis home. That marker made no mention of the slave market. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Tim Huebner speaks at the rededication Wednesday, April 7, of a marker noting the location of the Downtown slave market owned by Nathan Bedford Forrest. The marker was erected as a response to a 1950s-era historical marker that failed to mention how Forrest made his fortune. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
The marker notes the location of a slave market run by Nathan Bedford Forrest.