The story of a Black Revolutionary War hero who took on an entire British platoon lives on
The role of Billy Flora, a free Black man, in this pivotal victory — and the erosion later of rights — show a paradox of the ...
Historical marker approved for Suffolk community founded by former enslaved man
The Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) recently approved a state historical marker to highlight a community in ...
A White Couple Who Adopted Black Kids And Used Them As Slaves Was Sentenced To Hundreds Of Years In Prison
On Wednesday, Jeanne Kay Whitefeather, 63, was sentenced to 215 years in prison for forced labor, human trafficking, child ...
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Abolition of Slavery in Virginia.
TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of ...
Couple sentenced to 375 years collectively for forcing Black children to work 'as slaves'
Jeanne Whitefeather, 63, was sentenced to up to 215 years. Donald Lantz, 62, was sentenced to up to 160 years, the Kanawha ...
Revolutionary War spy who was also a slave will get statue in Virginia
NEW KENT — Nearly two-and-a-half centuries after providing critical intelligence that helped the United States clinch victory ...
White couple who forced adopted black children to work as ‘slaves’ sentenced to hundreds of years in prison
A white couple from West Virginia were collectively sentenced to 375 years in prison for forcing their five adopted black children to work on their farm as “slaves” while being berated with racial ...
White Couple Who Adopted Black Children and Forced Them to Work 'as Slaves' Learns Fate
Donald Lantz, 62, was sentenced to 160 years in prison after being found guilty of forced labor, human trafficking, child ...
The Forward on MSN6d
Why Jews were like everyone else — only more so — during slavery and the Civil War
Richard Kreitner's "Fear No Pharoah" gives an honest account of how Jews resisted, ignored and even championed American ...
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Virginia Museum of History and Culture highlights Virginia’s 'important' role in American Revolution
Virginia and the Forging of a Nation” opens in conjunction with the 250th anniversary of Patrick Henry’s famous speech made ...
Black Enterprise12d
White Couple Convicted Of Treating Adopted Black Kids As ‘Slaves’ Sentenced Over 150 Years
The white couple convicted of treating their adopted Black children as "slaves" received century-long prison sentences. A West Virginia couple convicted of abusing their adopted Black children and ...