One of the first messages visitors will see inside the Shockoe Institute is a blunt, unflinching introduction to a history ...

“Books and materials on American slavery, especially in Virginia, were something we focused on. After I retired, I became a fellow of the Harrison Institute, which is part of the UVa Library. “Edward ...

The first permanent exhibit by the Shockoe Institute is tracing the history of slavery, in what once was a major hub for the ...

This is the history, and the Shockoe Institute is now here to make sure that we never forget,” Gov. Abigail Spanberger said ...

The painful story of a free black man lured from his home in New York in 1841 to be sold into slavery, now the basis of the new film "12 Years a Slave," has a little-known connection to a slave site ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Frozen human embryos can ...

Prologue -- Mesopotamia versus Mount Airy : the demographic contrast -- Sarah Affir and her Mesopotamia family -- Winney Grimshaw and her Mount Airy family -- "Dreadful idlers" in the Mesopotamia cane ...

Click to open image viewer. A warrant handwritten in brown ink on a single sheet of folded off-white paper calling for the creation of a slave patrol in Loudon County, Virginia. The warrant is ...

Once again, Virginia’s governor caused a nationwide facepalm with race-related comments. This time, Gov. Ralph Northam told “CBS This Morning” that slaves who landed on the shores of Virginia ...

Virginia's legislature got a lot of attention this year for its historically diverse crop of lawmakers, including the most women ever to serve, the first Latinas and the first transgender delegate.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A plaque marking ...

Engraving depicting the shooting of Major Pitcairn at the Battle of Bunker Hill by free black man Peter Salem, public domain. Slavery is the great exception to the rule of liberty proclaimed in the ...