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  2. First Africans in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    An estimated 4.9 million people from Africa were brought to Brazil during the period from 1501 to 1866. [6] Thousands of people were captured by Portuguese slave traders and their African allies such as the Imbangala, in invasions of the Kingdom of Ndongo (part of modern Angola) under Governor Luís Mendes de Vasconcellos. [7]

  3. Shockoe Hill Cemetery - Wikipedia

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    The Shockoe Bottom African Burial Ground (historically called the Burial Ground for Negroes), was a municipal burial ground established by the city of Richmond in 1799, as was the 1816 "Burying Ground for Free People of Color and the Burying Ground for Negroes (enslaved)", now called the "Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground" (see below ...

  4. Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground - Wikipedia

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    During the Civil War, the bodies of more than 500 deceased Union Army Prisoners of War were interred in the Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground. Shortly after the war their remains were removed from the African Burying Ground and then re-interred in the Richmond National Cemetery. The majority of the soldiers had been buried to the north, and ...

  5. African burial grounds and historic African American ...

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    Over 22,000 people of African descent were interred within its grounds. It is the largest known burial ground for free people of color and the enslaved in the United States. It is located at 1305 N. 5th St., on the northern edge of Shockoe Hill , a mile and a half away from the Shockoe Bottom African Burial Ground.

  6. Shockoe Bottom African Burial Ground - Wikipedia

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    The Shockoe Bottom African Burial Ground was thought to have been established as early as 1750, however a land deed for the property supports a 1799 founding. [1] [2] [3] It was closed to new burials in 1816 upon the opening of the Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground (Richmond's 2nd African Burial Ground) located at 1305 N 5th St.

  7. Wilton House Museum - Wikipedia

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    By the early 19th century, Wilton was home to the largest enslaved community in Henrico County. [6] William Randolph III died in the year of 1762, aged 52, and left Wilton to his twenty-three-year-old son, Peyton Randolph. Peyton Randolph died in the year of 1784 at age 46 and left Wilton to his five-year-old son, William Randolph IV.

  8. Tredegar Iron Works - Wikipedia

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    The Civil War Visitor Center at Tredegar Iron Works is located in the restored pattern building and offers three floors of exhibits, an interactive map table, a film about the Civil War battles around Richmond, a bookstore, and interpretive NPS rangers on site daily to provide programs and to aid visitors.

  9. History of slavery in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    African Americans established schools, including secondary schools, for freed people in Virginia soon after the start of the American Civil War (1861–1865). [137] The schools were taught by white and black teachers, the latter of whom taught longer than whites throughout Reconstruction .

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