Carrie Buck (1906–1983)
Carrie Buck was the first person involuntarily sterilized under Virginia’s eugenics laws. In 1920 her mother was diagnosed as feebleminded—a diagnosis based less on a medical finding than... Find Out More
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- Lemuel E. Babcock (1809–1897)
- Backcountry Frontier of Colonial Virginia
- Nathaniel Bacon (1647–1676)
- Nathaniel Bacon (bap. 1620–1692)
- Bacon’s Rebellion (1676–1677)
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- “The Banditti,” Richmond Enquirer (September 20, 1831)
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- A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom (1779)
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- Biography of London Ferrill by Unknown (1854)
- Letter from Florence A. Bishop to Jonathan A. Bishop...
- Black Baptists in Virginia (1865–1902)
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- A Black Indentured Servant Sues for His Freedom (1675)
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- Blind Billy Death Notice, Richmond Daily Dispatch (April 23,...
- “Bloodthirsty Vest.” from the Roanoke Times (March 10, 1891)
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- A. Caperton Braxton (1862–1914)
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- Bridges by Early Virginia Indians, Uses of
- Charles Bridges (bap. 1672–1747)
- A Brief Account of the Life, Experience, Travels, and...
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- William H. Brisby (1836–1916)
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- "Brutal Attempt of a Negro," Roanoke Times ...
- Albert V. Bryan (1899–1984)
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- 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)
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- Burial of Latané, The
- Horace B. Burnham (1824–1894)
- Anthony Burns (1834–1862)
- The Trial of Anthony Burns (1854)
- Ambrose E. Burnside (1824–1881)
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- Letter from Nathaniel Butler to Nathaniel Rich, January 12,...
- Benjamin F. Butler (1818–1893)
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- Robert Y. Button (1899–1977)
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- “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)
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