Historic Black church in Delaware vandalized with racial slurs

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The slurs were written next to large propane tanks. Of all the words scrawled on the church, the word 'die' stood out.

are investigating after a historic Black church dating back to the early 1800s was vandalized with racial slurs sometime over the weekend."I looked up and that's when I saw the first racist slur," said Donna Johnson, the pastor's aide who was doing cleanup work on Saturday.

She and the pastor are concerned that whoever committed the heinous act may have tampered with the propane tanks. So they had to cancel Easter services. The church dates back more than 200 years. A Civil War veteran is even buried on the property. New Castle County detectives are investigating the crime and NAACP representatives were at the church on Monday to talk with the congregation.

 

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