The Memorial to Enslaved Laborers at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville commemorates 4,000 enslaved men, women and children who were involved in building or maintaining the university during its first 40 years.  The design team held meetings with the community to consult with them on the location and design of the monument.  The result is a walled circle of stone nestling in the earth, inscribed with names of known individuals who were enslaved, as well as blank lines for names that research has yet to reveal.  After a rain shower, water that has collected in the inscriptions runs down the stone wall like tears.

Read more on the Memorial here.