Category
page 1People enslaved in Virginia
Nat Turner
American slave rebellion leader (1800-1831)
Blanche Bruce
American politician (1841-1898)
James Beckwourth
American mountain man (1798-1866)
Henry Box Brown
American magician, illusionist, actor and former slave
Elizabeth Keckley
American dressmaker and author (1818–1907)
Tom Molineaux
American boxer
Clara Brown
American formerly enslaved person, community leader, philanthropist (1800–1885)
William Harvey Carney
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1840–1908)
Lily Ann Granderson
American slave
Powhatan Beaty
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1837-1916)
Eliza Carpenter
African-American racehorse owner and jockey
Paul Jennings
American Author, First White House Memoirist
Ansel Williamson
American race horse trainer
Anthony Burns
American formerly enslaved person (1834-1862)