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Unknown No Longer
In 2019, we mark the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first captive Africans in British North America. In many ways, Virginia and the United States of America were built upon the labor of millions of enslaved black people who came after them. This display of more than 11,000 names recognizes some of these individuals. As you ascend these stairs, we ask that you consider their contributions and sacrifices.
These names are drawn from Unknown No Longer, a major archival record of enslaved people whose names and biographical information were identified over the past decade through research of early documents held in the museum's collections. Learn more at VirginiaHistory.org/UNL.
Unknown No Longer was generously supported by Dominion Energy. |