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Registration of Free Negroes 1822
Registration of Free Negroes 1822
William Jasper and other school founders are included in this 1822 Fairfax County registry.
1860 African American Land Owners Map
1860 African American Land Owners Map
William Jasper's 13 acres in the bottom center of the map. Colored map highlighting African American property owners found in the Laurel Grove School Museum.
Aerial View of Tippett's Hill Cemetery
Aerial View of Tippett's Hill Cemetery
An aerial photo of a cemetery that was given to Black Families after the Civil War.
'Wilmington's Lie' Author Traces The Rise Of White Supremacy In A Southern City
'Wilmington's Lie' Author Traces The Rise Of White Supremacy In A Southern City
Journalist David Zucchino says Wilmington, N.C., was once a mixed-race community with a thriving black middle class. Then, in 1898, white supremacists staged a murderous coup that changed everything.
Page + Matilda Gibson Parker and daughters, ca. 1887
Page + Matilda Gibson Parker and daughters, ca. 1887
Page Parker + Matilda Gibson Parker and 3 daughters, ca. 1887, the children of Ilda founders Moses and Emily Parker and Horace and Margaret Gibson.