Un/Bound: Free Black Virginians, 1619-1865 Traveling Exhibit

Partner Event
October 6 - November 17, 2025

6800 Staples Mill Road
Henrico, VA 23228

This exhibit will explore 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. EHRC (Oct 6 - 13 Dorey (Oct 13 - 20) Deep Run (20 - 27) Main Office (27 - Nov 3) Meadow Farm (Nov 3 - 10) EHRC (Nov 10 - 17)
Contact
Julian Charity
Henrico County Recreation & Parks
8046521416
Various magazine covers stacked on top of one another, a baseball hat with an American Battlefield Trust logo and a man wearing a hoodie with an American Battlefield Trust logo design on it. Various magazine covers stacked on top of one another, a baseball hat with an American Battlefield Trust logo and a man wearing a hoodie with an American Battlefield Trust logo design on it.

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