In Feb. 24 Address, VCU History Professor Will Highlight Early America's Urban Slavery in Human Terms
February 20, 2024
February 20, 2024
RICHMOND, Virginia, Feb. 20 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news:
By Sian Wilkerson
Years ago, Virginia Commonwealth University history professor Michael Dickinson was conducting research in Philadelphia when he came across the narrative of Jeffrey Brace, an enslaved man and Revolutionary War veteran who arrived in the Americas aboard a slave ship from West Africa in the 1750s.
Brace's story was one of many testimonies that inspired . . .
By Sian Wilkerson
Years ago, Virginia Commonwealth University history professor Michael Dickinson was conducting research in Philadelphia when he came across the narrative of Jeffrey Brace, an enslaved man and Revolutionary War veteran who arrived in the Americas aboard a slave ship from West Africa in the 1750s.
Brace's story was one of many testimonies that inspired . . .