Black History Month | A century-old inheritance battle connected these Central Georgia women

A Reconstruction-era legal battle made Amanda America Dickson one of the wealthiest Black women in America and still links ...
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Virginia plantation’s story focuses on the formerly enslaved, not the enslavers

Vincent Carter, 72, has lived his entire life in Gum Springs, Virginia. The town is within walking distance of George Washington’s Mount Vernon — an estate where Carter’s ancestors were enslaved — and ...