the old edward covey house deserves our understanding and preservation. the fight between slave and slave breaker that took place there, is emblematic of two of the elemental teams of american history, the horrors of legally sanctioned racial violence, and also the nobility of the struggle against unjust authority. and then, here is the kicker from that piece. the professor says quote, preserving mount misery as a public site of contemplation, where the meetings of democracy and despotism are given a human face... also would help keep st. michael's from being merely a resort for the wealthy. a resort for the wealthy? check this out. the occasion for that call, the well argued piece in the sun, that land should be purchased as a monument to the epic violence committed there against slaves in great numbers, but specifically against against one of the greatest americans of all-time. the key role that the torture in that house played in turning on our american conscience to eventually overthrow slavery, the occasion for that call to preserve mount misery as a