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Ga. island slave descendants fight huge tax hikes

Property tax sticker shock has erupted among the residents of an island community home to the descendants of slaves.

Tuesday - 01/29/2013, 05:41pm EST

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Confederate flag back at Ga. fort after 148 years

As Fort McAllister fell to the Union Army of Gen. William T. Sherman days before Christmas in 1864, one of his artillery officers seized the Confederate flag of a vanquished company of Georgia riflemen.

Friday - 03/23/2012, 02:40pm EDT

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