Enslaved families were regularly separated​. A new history chronicles the tenacious efforts of the emancipated to be ...

Thomas Henry allowed Gabriel to hire himself out to masters in and around Richmond, giving him access to a certain amount of freedom, as well as money. Gabriel also met fellow hired slaves ...

And so, to the best of history’s knowledge, “Box” Brown was the only person who was ever shipped out of slavery. Holy Cow!

which will allow for the continuation of the Richmond Slave Trail. The acquisition comes through a partnership with the city of Richmond and Capital Region Land Conservancy, a nonprofit dedicated ...

The replica will serve as a memorial for those of African descent affected by enslavement and will be built at Ancarrow’s Trailhead, marking the beginning of the Richmond Slave Trail.

"Richmond is the root of oppression." That's one of the ways Ashley J. Williams described the city she's called home for 10 years. She said she was speaking of the Virginia capital as a whole, as ...

The city of Richmond plans to accept a strip of land along the James River in order to preserve it as part of the Richmond Slave Trail and James River Park System. A nonprofit, the Capital Region ...

A local conservation group purchased 4.5 acres of riverfront land to help preserve part of the Richmond Slave Trail while growing the James River Park System. Why it matters: The trail is a ...

In Virginia’s capital, a renewed effort to honor slaves Officials in Richmond, Virginia, have announced a major funding commitment for an ambitious and long-envisioned memorial campus in the ...

The event’s theme was the United States Colored Troops and featured an on-stage presentation, reenactors, as well as an indoor accessible exhibit of the Richmond Slave Trail. Here2Hear’s Black ...