Seeking Descendants of Enslaved Laborers at UVA @seeking_uva
Seeking descendants of the enslaved laborers who helped to build the University of Virginia.https://t.co/Cqi1MYjvaV Central Virginia Joined December 2020-
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Thomas/in Hall is a #Virginian in LVA’s anniversary exhibition, “200 Years, 200 Stories,” up thru Oct. 28. In Apr 1629, a servant known as Thomas Hall was taken before the court at #Jamestown to settle Hall’s #gender identity. Read more at uncommonwealth.virginiamemory.com/blog/2023/04/1… #LVA200years
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In case you missed it, Documenting slavery at UVa, one tweet at a time. bit.ly/2wrJ8qY @DailyProgress #slaveryu #unislavery #slaveryuva #uvalegacies
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Impossible to pick just one photo. Rassawek in all her glory. The confluence of the James (left) and Rivanna rivers in Columbia, Fluvanna County VA. Looking west, upriver. The historic capital of the Monacan.
Tick Marks and Number Counts: Understanding and Using the Slave Schedules - check out this fascinating webinar from Legacy Family Tree Webinars familytreewebinars.com/?p=49569
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Did you have African American ancestors from Louisa or Orange County Virginia area between the years of 1817-1870? If so, send a DM. #enslaved @blackprogen #genealogy @descendantsuva
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Our friends at UVA need your help! If you have African American ancestors in Fluvanna - please message them - or reach out to us and we will put you in touch! There is important historical and genealogical work happening - and your ancestors may be an important part of the story.
Our friends at UVA need your help! If you have African American ancestors in Fluvanna - please message them - or reach out to us and we will put you in touch! There is important historical and genealogical work happening - and your ancestors may be an important part of the story.
Thank you @FluvannaHistSoc
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1831: Students complain of “neglect” by Hotel keeper Conway's enslaved: they “have to perform the menial offices for themselves…clothes have not been washed for three weeks…have not sufficient bedding.” Conway responds by renting more enslaved people. #uvalegacies #slaveryuva
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1830: 147 enslaved African Americans live and work at the university. 66 people are held by professors, 57 others by hotelkeepers, the remaining 24 by UVA. #uvalegacies #slaveryuva
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