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    Evelyn Thomas Butts
    Evelyn Thomas Butts

    Evelyn Thomas Butts (1924–1993)

    Evelyn Thomas Butts was a civil rights activist and Democratic Party leader from Norfolk who helped overturn Virginia’s poll tax. Her lawsuit challenging the... Find Out More

  • Lemuel E. Babcock (1809–1897)
  • Backcountry Frontier of Colonial Virginia
  • Nathaniel Bacon (1647–1676)
  • Nathaniel Bacon (bap. 1620–1692)
  • Bacon’s Rebellion (1676–1677)
  • Bacon’s Death and “Bacons Epitaph”; an excerpt from “The...
  • George William Bagby (1828–1883)
  • Odessa Pittard Bailey (1906–1994)
  • Russell Baker (1925–2019)
  • George Balcombe (1836)
  • John Brown Baldwin (1820–1873)
  • Baltimore and Ohio Railroad during the Civil War
  • “The Banditti,” Richmond Enquirer (September 20, 1831)
  • John Banister (1649 or 1650–1692)
  • Nathaniel Prentiss Banks (1816–1894)
  • W. Lester Banks (1911–1986)
  • Letter from Benjamin Banneker to Thomas Jefferson (August 19,...
  • Baptists in Colonial Virginia
  • B. Johnson Barbour (1821–1894)
  • James Barbour (1775–1842)
  • John S. Barbour (1820–1892)
  • Lucy Johnson Barbour (1775–1860)
  • Philip Pendleton Barbour (1783–1841)
  • Arthur Barlowe (ca. 1550–ca. 1620)
  • Thomas H. Barnes (1831–1913)
  • Frances Courtenay Baylor Barnum (1848–1920)
  • Stringfellow Barr (1897–1982)
  • William Barret (1786–1871)
  • James D. Barrett (1833–1903)
  • Janie Aurora Porter Barrett (August 9, 1865–August 27, 1948)
  • Kate Waller Barrett (1857–1925)
  • Samuel Barron (1809–1888)
  • Barter Theatre
  • Britton Baskervill (1863–1892)
  • Nathaniel Basse (bap. 1589–1654)
  • Burwell Bassett (1764–1841)
  • Andrew W. E. Bassette (1857–1942)
  • Thomas Batte (fl. 1630s–1690s)
  • Archibald Batte (d. by April 12, 1830)
  • “Battle of Antietam” by Alexander Hunter (1903)
  • John Stewart Battle (1890–1972)
  • Robert Bausch (1945–2018)
  • Bayley Wyat’s Speech (December 1866)
  • John Baylor III (1705–1772)
  • Thomas Monteagle Bayly (1775–1834)
  • Thomas Bayne (ca. 1824–1888)
  • Leon M. Bazile (1890–1967)
  • Bazile’s Pre-Nuptial Conditions, Leon M.
  • S. Ferguson Beach (1828–1893)
  • R. L. T. Beale (1819–1893)
  • John Y. Beall (1835–1865)
  • G. T. Beauregard (1818–1893)
  • Roy C. Beazley (1902–1985)
  • Ben Belitt (1911–2003)
  • John H. Bell (1883–1934)
  • Belle Isle Prison
  • Ota Benga (ca. 1883–1916)
  • Letter from Judah P. Benjamin to Robert E. Lee...
  • Richard Bennett (bap. 1609–ca. 1675)
  • Frances Culpeper Stephens Berkeley (1634–ca. 1695)
  • John Berkeley (ca. 1560–1622)
  • Norborne Berkeley baron de Botetourt (1717–1770)
  • Sir William Berkeley (1605–1677)
  • Bermuda Hundred during the Colonial Period
  • Sir John Berry (baptized 1636–1690)
  • “Bettie Thomas-Lewis” from the Richmond Times (June 19, 1892)
  • Robert Beverley (bap. 1635–1687)
  • Robert Beverley (ca. 1740–1800)
  • Robert Beverley (d. 1722)
  • William Beverley (ca. 1696–1756)
  • Letter from Clement Biddle to George Washington (April 27,...
  • Bigelow v. Forrest (December 1869)
  • Walter J. Biggs (1886–1968)
  • A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom (1779)
  • Billy (fl. 1770s–1780s)
  • Billy or Blind Billy (ca. 1805–1855)
  • Anthony Binga Jr. (1843–1919)
  • Biography of London Ferrill by Unknown (1854)
  • Letter from Florence A. Bishop to Jonathan A. Bishop...
  • Black Baptists in Virginia (1865–1902)
  • Black Confederates
  • A Black Indentured Servant Sues for His Freedom (1675)
  • Aline E. Black (1906–1974)
  • Leonard A. Black (1820–1883)
  • Blackbird
  • Samuel Blackburn (1761–1835)
  • Mary Berkeley Minor Blackford (1802–1896)
  • Staige Davis Blackford (1931–2003)
  • W. W. Blackford (1831–1905)
  • William Blackford (1801–1864)
  • James H. Blackwell (ca. 1864–1931)
  • George Blaettermann (1782–1850)
  • Catherine Kaidyee Blaikley (ca. 1695–1771)
  • Francis S. Blair (1839–1899)
  • James Blair (ca. 1655–1743)
  • John Blair (ca. 1687–1771)
  • John D. Blair (1759–1823)
  • Lewis H. Blair (1834–1916)
  • Robert W. Blair (1873–1924)
  • Blair, Sarah Harrison (1670–1713)
  • Blake; or the Huts of America (1859–1861)
  • “Blake; or, The Huts of America” (1859)
  • Anna Bennett Bland (d. 1687)
  • Edward Bland (bap. 1614–1652)
  • Edward D. Bland (1848–1927)
  • Giles Bland (bap. 1647–1677)
  • J. W. D. Bland (1844–1870)
  • Richard Bland (1710–1776)
  • Theodorick Bland (bap. 1630–1672)
  • Blind Billy Death Notice, Richmond Daily Dispatch (April 23,...
  • “Bloodthirsty Vest.” from the Roanoke Times (March 10, 1891)
  • Benjamin Bluett (1580–1621)
  • Board of Trade
  • Anna Whitehead Bodeker (1826–1904)
  • Lawrence Bohun (d. 1621)
  • Robert J. Boland (1850–1918)
  • Phillip S. Bolling (ca. 1849–1892)
  • Robert Bolling (1738–1775)
  • Samuel P. Bolling (1819–1900)
  • Stith Bolling (1835–1916)
  • Nelson Slade Bond (1908–2006)
  • Charles Bonnycastle (1796–1840)
  • “A Book Very Like ‘To Have and to Hold'”...
  • George William Booker (1821–1884)
  • Daniel Boone (1734–1820)
  • Armistead L. Boothe (1907–1990)
  • Gardner L. Boothe (1872–1964)
  • Benjamin Borden (1675–1743)
  • Botetourt Artillery
  • Letter from Rev. Jonathan Boucher to Rev. John Waring...
  • James Wood Bouldin (ca. 1792–1854)
  • Powhatan Bouldin (1830–1907)
  • Thomas Tyler Bouldin (d. 1834)
  • Wood Bouldin (1838–1911)
  • Henry M. Bowden (1819–1871)
  • Thomas R. Bowden (1841–1893)
  • Fredson Bowers (1905–1991)
  • J. Andrew Bowler (1862–1935)
  • James Bowser (b. ca. 1730)
  • Mary Richards Bowser (fl. 1846–1867)
  • Rosa L. Dixon Bowser (1855–1931)
  • George Boxley (ca. 1780–1865)
  • Belle Boyd (1844–1900)
  • Sarah-Patton Boyle (1906–1994)
  • John Bracken (bap. 1747–1818)
  • George F. Bragg (1863–1940)
  • James Read Branch (1828–1869)
  • Tazewell Branch (1828–1925)
  • Letter from Jonathan S. Braxton to T. O. Chestney...
  • A. Caperton Braxton (1862–1914)
  • Carter Braxton (1736–1797)
  • Carter M. Braxton (1836–1898)
  • Bread Riot, Richmond
  • Cary Breckinridge (1839–1918)
  • James Breckinridge (1763–1833)
  • William Breedlove (ca. 1820–1871)
  • George Brent (ca. 1640–by 1700)
  • Giles Brent (ca. 1652–1679)
  • Margaret Brent (ca. 1601–1671)
  • Bridges by Early Virginia Indians, Uses of
  • Charles Bridges (bap. 1672–1747)
  • A Brief Account of the Life, Experience, Travels, and...
  • A briefe and true report of the new found...
  • William H. Brisby (1836–1916)
  • Bristol Sessions (1927), The
  • Joseph A. Bristow (1838–1903)
  • William F. Broaddus (1801–1876)
  • Sarah Ann Brock (1831–1911)
  • William Brockenbrough (1778–1838)
  • William H. Brodnax (ca. 1786–1834)
  • George Brooke (d. 1782)
  • Albert R. Brooks (c. 1817–1881)
  • Lucy Goode Brooks (1818–1900)
  • Robert Peel Brooks (1853–1882)
  • Abram Brown (d. 1840)
  • Edward W. Brown (d. 1929)
  • Goodman Brown (1840–1929)
  • Thomas H. Brown (1864–1952)
  • Henry Box Brown (1815 or 1816–1897)
  • John Brown (1800–1859)
  • John Brown (ca. 1830–after 1900)
  • George O. Brown (1852–1910)
  • William Washington Browne (1849–1897)
  • James Coles Bruce (1806–1865)
  • Philip Alexander Bruce (1856–1933)
  • "Brutal Attempt of a Negro," Roanoke Times ...
  • Albert V. Bryan (1899–1984)
  • C. Braxton Bryan (1852–1922)
  • Daniel Bryan (ca. 1789–1866)
  • John Stewart Bryan (1871–1944)
  • Joseph III Bryan (1904–1993)
  • Archibald C. Buchanan (1890–1979)
  • John Buchanan (1748–1822)
  • Buck v. Bell (1927)
  • Buck v. Bell (May 2, 1927)
  • Carrie Buck (1906–1983)
  • Richard Bucke (1581 or 1582–ca. 1624)
  • William Buckland (1734–by December 15, 1774)
  • Burkley Bullock (ca. 1830–1908)
  • Burch, T. G. (1869–1951)
  • Burgesses for the Assembly of 1619
  • Burial of Latané, The
  • Horace B. Burnham (1824–1894)
  • Anthony Burns (1834–1862)
  • Burns, Anthony, The Trial of (1854)
  • Ambrose E. Burnside (1824–1881)
  • Carter Burwell (1716–1756)
  • Lewis Burwell (1651 or 1652–1710)
  • Lewis Burwell (1711 or 1712–1756)
  • Lewis Burwell (bap. 1622–ca. 1652)
  • Lewis Burwell (d. 1743)
  • Lewis Burwell (d. by 1779)
  • Lucy Burwell (1683–1716)
  • Nathaniel Burwell (1750–1814)
  • Robert Burwell (1720–1777)
  • Letter from Nathaniel Butler to Nathaniel Rich, January 12,...
  • Benjamin F. Butler (1818–1893)
  • Israel L. Butt (1848–1916)
  • Martha Haines Butt (1833–1871)
  • Robert Y. Button (1899–1977)
  • Evelyn Thomas Butts (1924–1993)
  • “By the King, A Proclamation, For Suppressing Rebellion and...
  • Byrd Organization
  • Harry F. Byrd (1887–1966)
  • Harry Flood Jr. Byrd (1914–2013)
  • Mary Willing Byrd (1740–1814)
  • Richard E. Byrd (1888–1957)
  • William Byrd (1674–1744)
  • William Byrd (1728–1777)
  • William Byrd (ca. 1652–1704)
  • Leslie Byrne (1946– )

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