Sierra Club FOJG Trash Pickup and Slave Trail Talk at Ancarrow's Landing

Name: Sierra Club FOJG Trash Pickup and Slave Trail Talk at Ancarrow's Landing
Start: 2025-09-06T09:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-06T11:00:00-04:00
Location: 1200 Brander St, Richmond, VA 23224, USA

Schedule

Sat Sep 06 2025 at 09:00 am to 11:00 am

UTC-04:00

Location

1200 Brander St, Richmond, VA 23224, USA | Richmond, VA

Help keep trash out of the James River with Sierra Club members, supporters, and Friends of the James River Park Homepage - Friends of James River Park at Ancarrow's Landing and Historic Slave Docks. Register here https://act.sierraclub.org/events/details?formcampaignid=701Po00000zX5HEIA0&mapLinkHref=https://maps.google.com/maps&daddr=Richmond%20FOJG%20Trash%20Pickup%20and%20Slave%20Trail%20Talk%20at%20Ancarrow%27s%[email protected],-77.421971
Following the one-and-a-half-hour trash pickup with provided trash pickers and bags, Ralph White, former director of the James River Park System, will give a 20-30 minute talk about the history of Ancarrow's Landing. This spot was a major port in the massive Slave Trade that made Richmond the largest source of enslaved Africans on the east coast of America from 1830 to 1860. For decades, a chemical plant operated here, but successful remediation and restoration have made it a prime fishing spot and is where anglers compete during the annual run of native shad.
Shavon Peacock and Ralph Grove are the Sierra Club outing leaders.
Level: Easy
Signup Instructions: Please register here.
Bring: Hat, water, bug spray, and sturdy shoes.