RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Journey For Change, a local nonprofit, is highlighting the history of the Richmond Slave Trail by releasing a documentary focused on taking people along the trail and reflecting on what it means to them. The organization hopes to bring healing and reconciliation to the River City.
There are places in Shockoe Bottom that exist today that were standing back in the 1700s. By walking the Richmond Slave Trail, you can follow the same path that enslaved people have walked.
“It’s really just a representation of the journey that someone would take,” said Journey for Change board member Jennifer Bosquet. “When they arrived in Richmond and then walked on the shore and to the slave markets.”…