Sixty Slaves for Sale: Reckoning with Enslavement in the Shenandoah Valley
All are invited to Sixty Slaves for Sale: Reckoning with Enslavement in the Shenandoah Valley, a one-day conference highlighting the history of enslavement in the Shenandoah Valley, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 26. The conference is exactly 200 years from the date when Belle Grove's Isaac Hite Jr. held the sale of 60 enslaved men, women and children at the plantation. The sale was advertised in the Daily Intelligencer.
Laurel Ridge Community College and Belle Grove Plantation are partnering to acknowledge this terrible chapter in history and use it as an educational opportunity. There will be a panel discussion and opportunities for others to set up information tables or displays. Those who register an information table will receive two complimentary tickets to the conference.
The $20 ticket price includes lunch. For more information, visit laurelridge.edu/sixty.
Date and Time
Saturday Oct 26, 2024
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM EDT
Oct. 26
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location
Laurel Ridge Community College
Corron Community Development Center
173 Skirmisher Lane
Middletown, VA 22645
Fees/Admission
All are invited to Sixty Slaves for Sale: Reckoning with Enslavement in the Shenandoah Valley, a one-day conference highlighting the history of enslavement in the Shenandoah Valley, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 26 at Laurel Ridge Community College, in the Corron Community Development Center. The conference is exactly 200 years from the date when Belle Grove's Isaac Hite Jr. held the sale of 60 enslaved men, women and children at the plantation. The sale was advertised in the Daily Intelligencer.
Laurel Ridge Community College and Belle Grove Plantation are partnering to acknowledge this terrible chapter in history and use it as an educational opportunity. There will be a panel discussion and opportunities for others to set up information tables or displays. Those who register an information table will receive two complimentary tickets to the conference.
The $20 ticket price includes lunch. For more information, visit laurelridge.edu/sixty.
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