FREDERICKSBURG, Va. 鈥� A judge in Virginia has hit the pause button on a city’s plans to remove a 175-year-old slave auction block from a city’s downtown street corner.
The Free Lance-Star reported Monday that Circuit Court Judge Sarah Deneke has agreed to a 15-day stay of her order to remove the block in Fredericksburg.
Her order allows a business owner who is challenging the removal to ask the Virginia Supreme Court to take on the case.
The owner of a commercial building and the owner of a restaurant have claim they’ll lose business from tourist traffic if the auction block is removed.
Copyright © 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, written or redistributed.
