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Unionism in Virginia during the Civil War
Unionists in Virginia supported the United States government during the secession crisis, the American Civil War (1861–1865), or both. Representing a minority of white Virginians and... Find Out More
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In Season 3, Episode 6, of Not Even Past, host Brendan Wolfe travels to...
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Two University of Virginia students, Franklin English and Madison McAfee, beat the slave Fielding and his owner, the mathematics professor Charles Bonnycastle. They are... moreComing Soon
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Westmoreland Slave Plot (1687)
The Westmoreland slave plot of 1687 involved an alleged conspiracy uncovered by Nicholas Spencer, who claimed that the participants intended to kill whites and destroy property in the county and throughout Virginia. Preceded by the
