N-word Hill, Calif.

[Jonathan Lighter]

http://www.newser.com/article/d9n1hri82/in-calif-graves-relocated-from-a-gold-rush-town-named-negro-hill-still-carry-slur.html

A GB check shows that the town was referred to almost from the beginning as
both "Negro Hill" and "Nigger Hill," though "Negro Hill" does seem to have
primacy.


JL
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