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January 23, 2010 364 0

Africatown project locates graves of ex-slaves who survived 1859 shipwreck

A Virginia archaeologist is using modern technology to locate and mark gravesites in the older half of Old Plateau Cemetery. The cemetery is at Bay Bridge Road and...

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January 13, 2010 377 0

Decatur genealogy museum traces African-American roots

Evelyn Hood of Decatur began researching her family history some years ago, realizing how hard it is for African-Americans because landowners usually did not include...

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January 13, 2010 348 0

Witherspoon-Jackson Genealogy Group Looks Forward to Filling in the Gaps

“We know all about Betsy Stockton,” observed Princeton Public Library’s Terri Nelson recently, speaking of the Princeton slave who become the first female missionary...

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January 13, 2010 360 0

PBS Explores African-American Contributions to History and Society

An Impressive Array of New and Encore Programming Before and During Black History Month ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Throughout the year...

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January 4, 2010 352 0

The Resting Tree: An ancient tree shades slave cemetery

They say an old slave called Uncle Rube resembled Moses as he carried a tiny boy’s lifeless body to his favorite tree, where an open grave waited. It was March 1798...

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