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Charter and By-laws of the Friends' Asylum for Colored Orphans, in the City of Richmond, Va.
Lucy Goode Brooks solicited support from African American churches and a local meeting of the Society of Friends (Quakers) in Richmond to establish the Friends' Asylum for Colored Orphans, which the General Assembly incorporated in 1872. The charter…
George Lewis Life History (WPA, Virginia Writers Project)
George Lewis was born free before the Civil War and attended Freedmen's Bureau schools in Richmond before earning a law degree from Howard University. In this interview he talks about his family background, his education, the Civil War and the…
"Sketching at a Slave Auction"
Article describing auction
"An American Barber's, Richmond, Virginia"
Engraving of African American barber
"Slave Auction at Richmond, Virginia"
Engraving of auction
After the Sale: Slaves Going South
Groups of enslaved people being sent south
Auction at Charleston
Auction of enslaved people
"Richmond"
Engraving of Eighth Street
Sketches of African Americans
Engravings of African American men
"The Charleston Slave Market"
Engraving of slave auction