Downtown Slave Auction Block - Fredericksburg, VA
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vhasler
N 38° 18.173 W 077° 27.701
18S E 284747 N 4242288
Sandstone block was used for helping people mounted their horses - and for auctioning slaves. Update 2020: City of Fredericksburg has moved the auction block which will go on display at the Fredericksburg Area Museum.
Waymark Code: WMG51A
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 01/13/2013
Views: 5
From Roadside America:
A low, stump-looking thing, identified by a bronze plaque. The heart of Southern city business, circa 1850. Fredericksburg probably wishes it would hurry up and erode away.
Plaque at the upping stone reads: AUCTION BLOCK, Fredericksburg's
Principle Auction Site in Pre-Civil War Days for Slaves and Property,
1984 HFFI.
Address: 1000 Charles Street, Fredericksburg, VA
Update 2020: City of Fredericksburg has moved the auction block which will go on display at the Fredericksburg Area Museum. (https://www.fredericksburgva.gov/1287/Slave-Auction-Block) Museum is open 10am-5pm - except for Wednesdays. The waymark owner would appreciated new coordinates for the museum entrance and a photo of the display further edit this submission.