"I just believe the presence of my ancestors is with us," Wanda Tucker said. HAMPTON, Va. -- They danced to the beat of drums and sang time-honored spirituals originating from plantations, where ...

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — A 176-year-old slave auction block has been removed from a Virginia city's downtown. The 800-pound stone was pulled from the ground at a Fredericksburg street corner early Friday ...

Former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder is in talks with state and Richmond, Va., officials about building a museum in the city devoted to the history of slavery, according to the Richmond ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- Archaeologists are digging up a parking lot believed to be the former site of a slave holding pen whose artifacts could expose new facets of Richmond's slave past. Researchers with ...

The University of Virginia's governing board has adopted a resolution expressing regret for the school's use of slaves, including those "anonymous laborers" who constructed its first buildings. The ...

I am in Virginia and I can’t stop thinking about slavery. I am from the UK, a place that didn’t see enslavement first hand, at least not on its home soil. It was packed away, discreetly, over there ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A plaque marking ...

Former Virginia governor Douglas Wilder’s attempt to resurrect his planned United States National Slavery Museum appears no closer to fruition than his original proposal, which foundered after more ...

RICHMOND, Va, — To understand how Richmond became the largest slave trading center outside New Orleans before the Civil War, you have to turn your focus from Africa to the Deep South.

The painful story of a free black man lured from his home in New York in 1841 to be sold into slavery, now the basis of the new film "12 Years a Slave," has a little-known connection to a slave site ...

A group of conservative alumni said the student-led tours were overly focused on the school’s history of using enslaved laborers. By Stephanie Saul The University of Virginia said on Thursday that it ...

RICHMOND, Va. - Meeting on the grounds of the former Confederate Capitol, the Virginia General Assembly voted unanimously Saturday to express "profound regret" for the state's role in slavery.