Slavery was a common and ubiquitous part of life on the grounds that would become Conyers’s alma mater, Yorktown High School in Arlington, Virginia ... Saturday to see a memorial dedicated ...

Thomas Roderick Dew, an alumnus turned professor by 1826, and by 1836, the school's thirteenth president, was recognized as one of the country's foremost experts on pro-slavery thought. Following Nat ...

Va., Dec. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Finley) The search for Fleming Adams Sr. One of the sharecroppers was Fleming Adams Sr., Bennett’s great-great-great grandfather. Known as “Flem,” he was born into ...

The graves of hundreds of African American tenant farmers and their families are being moved in Virginia to make way for an ...

In 2007, the Commonwealth of Virginia expressed "profound regret" for its ... Mary's role in slavery," report its findings publicly and establish a memorial to the "contributions of slaves at the ...

While on an artists’ retreat at a former slave plantation, our columnist Eirinie Carson muses on history’s worst moments – ...

The status of blacks in Virginia slowly changed over the last half of the 17th century. The black indentured servant, with his hope of freedom, was increasingly being replaced by the black slave.

"Stumbling stones" honoring the lives of people enslaved in pre-Civil War Arlington will soon be coming to more local neighborhoods. An additional 15 of the brass memorial markers are slated to be ...

You can visit the Anse Cafard Slave Memorial at all hours of the day, any day of the week. Because of the memorial's proximity to Diamond Beach, visitors suggest that you stop here on your way to ...