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Developer to resume Topgolf planning despite findings of slave cemetery

When developer Matthew Browder bought a large piece of land five years ago, he had no idea what lied beneath.

He showed Channel 9 where radar detected a slave cemetery. 

A newly released report proved there are slave graves on a University City property where developers are trying to build a brand new Topgolf venue. The developers hired a local historian to research the site after neighbors raised concerns over the possibility there was a slave cemetery in the area. 


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