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Free Women of Color with their Children and Servants, oil painting by Agostino Brunias, Dominica, c. 1764–1796.. In the context of the history of slavery in the Americas, free people of color (French: gens de couleur libres; Spanish: gente de color libre) were primarily people of mixed African, European, and Native American descent who were not enslaved.
Melungeon (/ m ə ˈ l ʌ n dʒ ən / mə-LUN-jən) (sometimes also spelled Malungean, Melangean, Melungean, Melungin [3]) was a slur [4] historically applied to individuals and families of mixed-race ancestry with roots in colonial Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina primarily descended from free people of color and white settlers.
James Solomon Russell Middle School (formerly James Solomon Russell Junior High School) is the only middle school serving Brunswick County. Russell Middle School is located in Lawrenceville, Virginia serving grades 6–8. The current principal is Dr. Virginia G. Berry. The school mascot is the Lions. The 2006-2007 school was the first school ...
Brunswick High School (BHS) is a public high school located in Lawrenceville, Virginia community in Brunswick County, Virginia. It is part of the Brunswick County Public Schools and opened in 1976. Athletic teams compete in the Virginia High School League's AA Southside District in Region I. According to U.S. News, Brunswick High School's ...
Free people of color (French: gens de couleur libres; Spanish: gente de color libre) — refers to people of mixed African, European, and sometimes Native American descent who were not enslaved in the era of slavery in the Americas. They were a distinct group of free people in the colonies of the Caribbean, Latin America and the United States.
Brunswick County Schools made the announcement Tuesday afternoon on its website that schools will remain closed for students. Specific instructions and options have been emailed to staff members.
St. Paul's School, also known as St. Paul's Chapel School, is a historic Rosenwald school building for African Americans located at Meredithville, Brunswick County, Virginia. It was built in 1920, and is a one-room school measuring approximately 20 feet by 40 feet. It is of wood-frame construction, sheathed in un-beaded weatherboards, and ...
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