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Charlottesville community members call for memorialization of former slave auction
Charlottesville community members call for memorialization of former slave auction
By Max Marcilla | February 5, 2021 at 9:36 PM EST - Updated February 6 at 2:34 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - On Friday afternoon, the Charlottesville community remembered and spoke out about some of the city’s ugly past.
At a gathering on the corner of Park Street and East Jefferson Street near Court Square, a group recalled the auctioning of slaves on the same corner fewer than 200 years ago.
“Those slaves were my ancestors,” said Rev. Marvin Morgan, a pastor at Sojourners United Church in Charlottesville. “And to act as if it did not happen by refusing to pass that information on to another generation is unforgivable.” ....

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