Date & Time
Date: October 17, 2020
Time: 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Location
Slave Trail, Manchester Dock, Ancarrow's Landin
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FROM SLAVERY TO INCARCERATION
Location: Slave Trail at Manchester Dock
October 17, 2020
9:30AM Registration open (free)
11:00AM Opening Welcome and Remarks
11:15AM Warm up
11:25AM Start of walk
America was built by enslaved people. They built the US Capitol. They built Wall Street. They built the White House. Slavery was not just some kind of unfortunate regional quirk—it was an economic engine for the entire country. Then Jim Crow laws brought a century of state-sponsored terror against Black people intending to maintain the prewar racial hierarchy.
The past matters. There’s a direct line from slavery to the fact that the average Black family has only 10 cents for every dollar held by the average white family. There’s a direct line from slavery to the fact that Black people, while only 13% of the overall population, make up 40% of the prison population. Slavery isn’t something from the distant past—its impact is felt and seen right now, particularly by Black Americans, every single day.
Join us on the Slave Trail as we recognize these disadvantages that Black America still has today and pay homage to some of the organizations that aid those impacted by systematic imprisonment.
The first 35 walkers will receive tickets for fish dinners courtesy of Friends of William Burnette for Sheriff and Transforming Today’s Youth, to be picked up or delivered on Friday, October 24th.