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A Beardless Boy of Seventeen Years

Even before Aristophanes wrote of Lysistrata’s plan to end the Peloponnesian War (431–404 BCE) by convincing the women...

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Emily Winfree, an African American woman who lived through slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and Jim Crow, never...

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Learn about how this pitcher based on Uncle Tom's Cabin was used as propoganda in the mid-1800s.

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From providing protection from enemy combatants to finding dinner for a family, weapons have played a significant role...

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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 (1856–1915) was born enslaved on April 5, 1856, in Franklin County, Virginia. After emancipation...

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For much of the twentieth century, convicts worked on Virginia’s roads. This practice grew out of the convict lease...

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On October 16, 1859, John Brown led eighteen followers in a raid on the federal arsenal and armory at Harpers Ferry...

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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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In the antebellum South, African Americans were generally prevented from receiving education. After Appomattox...

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Of the five Americans who were most involved in the War with Mexico, four were Virginians. They were politicians and...

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Richmond is now home to more than 100 outdoor murals, and this popular form of artwork reflects the city’s modernity and...

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Robert Edward Lee (1807–1870) was born at Stratford in Westmoreland County, Virginia, in 1807, the son of Revolutionary...

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Learn about Henry "Box" Brown and one of the most memorable escapes from enslavement.