Please note that the information on this website is transferring to https://www.sherwoodforest.org/slavery.
Please visit the Richard M. Bowman Center for Local History’s Enslaved Ancestor File to learn more about those enslaved in Charles City County, Virginia.
The African American Heritage Society of New Kent County, Virginia is also engaged in tracing the histories of enslaved and free Black families in the region. Contact LaVonne Allen at lpanewkent@gmail.com for more information.
Acknowledgements
This website would not be possible without the collaborative efforts of Darlene Black Giles, Descendant of the Black Family; Judith Ledbetter of the Richard M. Bowman Center for Local History in Charles City County, Virginia; Rebecca Lallier, Julia Gardiner Tyler Scholar; Mary C. Fesak, 2018 Rudy J. Favretti Fellow with the Garden Club of Virginia; and Meredith Jackson, History Honors Thesis Student at William & Mary, Class of 2021.