The start of August brings with it the excitement and anticipation of numerous young men and women as they prepare for their first year in…
Tracy HarterAugust 7, 2019
This is the third in a series of four blog posts concerning post-Civil War Virginia and the lives of freedpeople after Emancipation. The posts precede…
Greg CrawfordJune 24, 2015
At one o’clock in the morning on 1 September 1859, Milly T. King arrived at the home of James Clary and found his slave Hannah…
Bari HelmsNovember 7, 2011
