UnBound Free Black Virginians 16191865

Un/Bound: Free Black Virginians, 1619-1865

103 Main Street
Smithfield, VA 23430

Monday, June 01, 2026
10:00am - 04:00pm

  • 103 Main Street
    Smithfield, VA 23430
  • 01 June, 2026
  • 10:00am - 04:00pm
  • (757) 356 - 1223
  • Category: Lecture/Educational Program/Workshop
  • Friday, 01 May | Smithfield, VA

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This traveling exhibit from the Virginia Museum of History & Culture explores the lives of free Black Virginians from the arrival of the first captive Africans in 1619 to the abolition of slavery in 1865.

Through powerful objects and first-person accounts, visitors will discover how Virginia’s people of color achieved their freedom and persevered within a legal system that recognized them as free but not equal.


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UnBound Free Black Virginians 16191865