Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Until the 19th century, slave codes in certain states dictated what enslaved people could or couldn't wear. Newly freed Black ...

The status of blacks in Virginia slowly changed over the last half of the 17th century. The black indentured servant, with his hope of freedom, was increasingly being replaced by the black slave. In ...

HALIFAX COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - A 100-year-old woman is preserving African American history through her quilts and now has a new book out. Halifax County native Edith Edmunds stitches patterns in her ...

Finding Virginia forebears who lived uncertain lives in the shadow of the Nat Turner rebellion. Dear Professor Gates: I believe I have just about every record and newspaper clipping on my fourth great ...