Was it commonplace for free Blacks to own slaves in Virginia, prior to 1865? Professor John Henderson Russell (born 1884) has surprising answers in his short 12-page work titled “Colored Freemen as Slave Owners in Virginia,” first publishe
Was it commonplace for free Blacks to own slaves in Virginia, prior to 1865? Professor John Henderson Russell (born 1884) has surprising answers in his short 12-page work titled “Colored Freemen as Slave Owners in Virginia,” first publishe
