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Gravel Hill

Virginia

5417 Longbridge Rd
Richmond, VA 23231
United States

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This image, likely from the early 20th century, shows noted educator Virginia Randolph and students outside the school in Gravel Hill.
This image, likely from the early 20th century, shows noted educator Virginia Randolph and students outside the school in Gravel Hill. County of Henrico

Following a successful case before the Virginia Court of Appeals in 1777, the slaves of John Pleasants were allowed to follow the dictates of his 1771 will and were freed. His son, Robert Pleasants then gave seventy-eight former slaves 350 acres of his plantation. A community developed known as “Gravelly Hill”. Here in 1801, a Quaker school for blacks was established and following the Civil War, the Gravel Hill Baptist Church was founded. Gravel Hill Community Center, c. 1930, once a public school, became a facility operated by Henrico County in 1970.

Marker: HC-17, County of Henrico (2001)

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