“Freedom at the Gates: African Americans in Civil War Virginia,” the next lecture in the Madison County Civil War sesquicentennial series, is set for 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 9 at Madison County High School, featuring Prof. Ervin L. Jordan Jr. of the University of Virginia.
Germanna Community College is a co-sponsor of the series, which is open to the public, free of charge.
He notes in his book Black Confederates and Afro-Yankees in Virginia that as the Civil War began,
“more African Americans lived in Virginia than in any other state- 490,000 slaves and 59,000 free blacks.”
“more African Americans lived in Virginia than in any other state- 490,000 slaves and 59,000 free blacks.”
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