Slave Auction Block Vigil honors the lives on enslaved laborers sold at Court Square
Sign remembering the enslaved people who were sold in Historic Court Square. (Source: WVIR)
By Elizabeth Holmes | February 28, 2021 at 8:03 PM EST - Updated February 28 at 8:03 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Community members, clergy and educators came together in-person and virtually to honor the lives of Black enslaved laborers sold at Historic Court Square in downtown Charlottesville this afternoon.
The annual “Slave Auction Block Vigil,” reflected on the area’s traumatic past, as ancestors of the enslaved laborers auctioned off at the site in the 1800s remembered their past through song, prayer, and ritual.