Francis Ernest Dumas was a wealthy soldier who became the highest ranking Black combat officer during the Civil War.

Born in Charles City County, Virginia, Hemings was enslaved by Thomas Jefferson. He later became Jefferson's personal chef ...

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The Bray School, which educated enslaved and freed Black children before the American Revolution, is considered one of the oldest surviving buildings in the United States where Black children received ...

Isaac Granger Jefferson of Petersburg, Virginia (c. 1845) was an enslaved tinsmith and blacksmith at Monticello for his family's enslaver, Thomas Jefferson. By 1822, Granger Jefferson, who lived ...

The solemn ceremony was a moment to reflect and honor the ancestors who once lived at Sully while also honoring Juneteenth, the day in 1865 the last enslaved people in the U.S. learned they were free.

Author Jo Snider documented the plantation's history in her book "Claiming Sunday," shedding light on the lives of nearly 80 enslaved African people whose labor built its wealth.

“This is not just a celebration of how far we've come in 160 years, but also showing that there's still a lot of work that needs to be done in our communities for us to have an equitable future.” ...