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Five universities that can trace their roots to before the Civil War may be required to make reparations to the communities affected by slavery, if…
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When UVA students return to campus this week, they’ll find something new – a circular stone monument, eight feet tall and 80 feet in diameter – designed…
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The Virginia Supreme Court has rejected a petition to prohibit the city of Fredericksburg from moving a historic slave auction block.The sandstone block…
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Fredericksburg’s city council will be in court February 10th, defending its decision to move a slave auction block from a busy corner downtown to a local…
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When it opened in 1825, the University of Virginia was the most expensive school in the nation, and for every student there was a slave. Two new books…
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What kind of reparations could begin to make amends for slavery?In Alexandria, a new $2 million effort is underway.As the Virginia Theological Seminary…
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Virginia has a very long history, a history that has several dark chapters. Now, a group of prominent state leaders are hoping for reconciliation.2019 is…
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A group of more than 50 people traveled from Charlottesville to Ghana earlier this month to learn about the origins of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, and…
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Numerous books have been written about the Confederate General Stonewall Jackson. But almost nothing was known about the slaves he and his family…
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It is a question that has long vexed America: How do we teach our history of slavery? This month, James Madison’s Montpelier started working on an…