Virginia Historical Society launches slave name database

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RICHMOND (AP) — The Virginia Historical Society has launched a database of slave names to help scholars and family historians examine centuries of the state's slave-holding past. * The society drew from its vast collections to create the database, which was unveiled last Thursday. It has 1,500 names, higher than the 1,000 names that the society had anticipated for the launch. The database uses ...

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