The release of the film 12 Years a Slave had us talking at Out of the Box. The film gives a human face to slavery, as do many of the records at the Library of Virginia. Today’s post looks at the story of one woman seeking to escape slavery in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1850.

http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/out_of_the_box/2013/12/04/12-years-a-slave/


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