Recognized for their expertise in riding, African American cavalry non-commissioned officers of the 9th and 10th Cavalry Regiments were stationed at West Point to serve in the Academy’s Detachment of Cavalry and teach Academy cadets military…
This work is a reprint of a work published in 1899 in the aftermath of the Spanish-American War. The first chapters trace “Negro” participation in America’s wars, from the era of the American Revolution through the Civil War and the…
The first section of this book covers Afro-Virginian domestic life and labor and the attitude that slaves and free blacks encountered outside and within the legal system. The second section examines wartime civilian and military…
Subtitled Essays and Rosters of Civil War Virginia’s Black Confederates, this volume includes their participation in the 1864 Wilson-Kautz raid and the Appomattox Campaign. A roster is included of black Virginians who served with the…
Acknowledging that the extent of African American participation on the side of the Confederacy is difficult to gauge, the editors sought out passages in books and archival records to show that such cases existed.
Full articles from the Washington Post are downloadable with a library card.
Searchable full-text and page images of this historical newspaper provide genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily searchable first-hand accounts and…
Also, the Fairfax Herald issues from 1932-1964 and other Virginia newspapers have been digitized by the Library of Virginia and are searchable and downloadable on line. One may search by subject, title of newspaper, and date.
Marking the end of the 150th commemoration of the American Civil War, Remaking Virginia: Transformation through Emancipation explores how the end of slavery and emancipation affected every Virginian, forcing people to renegotiate and transform their…
Starting in 1830 until well after the Civil War, free and fugitive Blacks came together in state and national political conventions to strategize about how they might achieve educational, labor, and legal justice at a moment when Black rights were…
Even as the Civil War was still being fought, the status of almost half a million African Americans in Virginia began to change. They were no longer someone’s property—they were free.
The online exhibits include historical information,…
A collection of advertisements for runaway and captured slaves etc. The project offers a personal, geographical, and documentary context for the study of slavery in Virginia, from colonial times to the Civil War.
The Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Center on Society and Health produced this work for the Northern Virginia Health Foundation with the help of a 14-person advisory board made up of historians and local experts.
Topics include the following:…
In the Summer 2021, the Center for Mason Legacies began “Black Lives Next Door,” an interdisciplinary project and collaboration between faculty and students to explore the environs surrounding the early years of George Mason College and its…
The interactive map about enslaved people includes statistics about slave trade, information on historical mark-ers, a timeline and migration information about planters. It is produced by the University of Richmond Digital Scholarship Lab.
This photograph collection is primarily used for reference. Copies of photos can be made for a fee provided there are no restrictions in place on requested photos. Consult repository for information on copy-right restrictions.
