Seeking Descendants of Enslaved Laborers at UVA (@seeking_uva) 's Twitter Profile
Seeking Descendants of Enslaved Laborers at UVA

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Seeking descendants of the enslaved laborers who helped to build the University of Virginia.facebook.com/Finding-the-En…

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Last Seen Project (@infowantedorg) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#OnThisDay in 1870, Martha Ann Good was looking for her sister, Sarah Williams. At this point, the two had been separated for 25 years, and had last seen each other at Halifax Court House, VA. #lastseenproject #BlackHistory #BlackGenealogy #DigitalHistory #Genealogy NHPRC

#OnThisDay in 1870, Martha Ann Good was looking for her sister, Sarah Williams. At this point, the two had been separated for 25 years, and had last seen each other at Halifax Court House, VA.

#lastseenproject #BlackHistory #BlackGenealogy #DigitalHistory #Genealogy <a href="/NHPRC/">NHPRC</a>
PCSU & PCUAS UVA (@slaveryuva) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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

FluvannaHistory (@fluvannahistsoc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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.

PCSU & PCUAS UVA (@slaveryuva) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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

Seeking Descendants of Enslaved Laborers at UVA (@seeking_uva) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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

Seeking Descendants of Enslaved Laborers at UVA (@seeking_uva) 's Twitter Profile Photo

One more day...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

Seeking Descendants of Enslaved Laborers at UVA (@seeking_uva) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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

FluvannaHistory (@fluvannahistsoc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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.

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.
Library of Virginia (@libraryofva) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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

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
Library of Virginia (@libraryofva) 's Twitter Profile Photo

TONITE at 6pm! Common Ground #Virginia #History #virtual #book group discusses "Nazis on the Potomac" by Robert K. Sutton who will join in for a short Q&A! Attend via Zoom lva-virginia.libcal.com/event/9902595 #bookclub

TONITE at 6pm! Common Ground #Virginia #History #virtual #book group discusses "Nazis on the Potomac" by Robert K. Sutton who will join in for a short Q&amp;A! Attend via Zoom lva-virginia.libcal.com/event/9902595 #bookclub
The Lemon Project: A Journey of Reconciliation (@wm_lemonproject) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Lemon Project is a reparative effort. We always welcome everyone to attend our events and to engage with us, and everything is without cost thanks to private donations. Support the Lemon Project on #OneTribeOneDay. ⁠ go.wm.edu/czcLNk #thelemonproject #williamandmary

The Lemon Project is a reparative effort. We always welcome everyone to attend our events and to engage with us, and everything is without cost thanks to private donations. Support the Lemon Project on #OneTribeOneDay. ⁠ go.wm.edu/czcLNk  
#thelemonproject #williamandmary