Risking All for Freedom
Harry was in a terrible situation: it was 1828 and he was an enslaved man in Loudoun County, Virginia. HarryContinue Reading
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John and Ann Janney: A desperate West Indies journey in 1823
John Janney of Alexandria, Virginia was Elizabeth Hopkins Janney’s father. Elizabeth Hopkins Janney (1802-1893) married her cousin, Samuel McPherson Janney,Continue Reading
Judy Gaskins: an American Life
The following newspaper interview from the Philadelphia and Lancaster Journal, August 11, 1880, has been transcribed by Bronwen Souders. TheContinue Reading
Friends sometimes marry Neighbors
Loudoun County Confederate cavalryman Luther W. Hopkins (1843-1920) wrote a memoir of his service in the Civil War, From BullContinue Reading
Nest of Abolitionists 