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A Life Rediscovered: The Story of Emily Winfree
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Affidavit, 1693
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This affidavit, dated March 22, 1693, is from Warwick County (now Newport News), Virginia. It was submitted to Governor...
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Arthur Ashe Jr.’s Family Tree: Tracing the Blackwell Family to 1735
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See a rare family tree, drawn by hand on canvas, tracing Arthur Ashe, Jr.’s family.
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Booker T. Washington
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Learn about Booker T. Washington.
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Colored Knights of Pythias Helmet (c. 1890)
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Elizabeth Keckley
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Born a slave in Dinwiddie County, Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley (1818–1907) purchased her freedom in 1855 and supported...
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Freedmen's Schools
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In the antebellum South, African Americans were generally prevented from receiving education. During the Civil War...
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How Did Slaves Support the Confederacy?
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Enslaved and free blacks provided even more labor than usual for Virginia farms when 89 percent of eligible white men...
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James Jones Archive (1870s-1960s)
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Maggie Lena Walker
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Learn about Maggie Lena Walker, the first female bank president in America.
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Men of Color To Arms?
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When the war began, many black Americans—North and South—volunteered to serve as soldiers. United by a belief in black...
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Murals Inspired by the Story of Virginia
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Olaudah Equiano
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Learn about Olaudah Equiano.
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Richmond in the Midst of the Civil War
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In the earliest days of the war, few expected it to endure for four years. As the Confederate capital, Richmond...
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Separate and Unequal: The Breakdown of Segregation in Virginia Schools
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United States Colored Troops Muster Rolls
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Urbanization in Virginia
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Learn about the process of urbanization in Virginia.
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Who Freed the Enslaved People?
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Two years of fighting changed what the war was about. Beginning in 1863, the North no longer fought only to save the...