Public Exhibit Un/Bound: Free Black Virginians

Un/Bound: Free Black Virginians, 1619-1865 tells the stories of free Black Virginians from the arrival of the first captive Africans in 1619 to the abolition of slavery in 1865. Through powerful artifacts, first person accounts, and more than 200 years of stories, people will discover how Virginia’s people of color achieved their freedom, established communities, and persevered within a legal system that recognized them as free but not equal.