Read about the Virginia Newspaper Project's research into notices placed in newspapers by free African Americans requesting the return of their lost free papers. Project volunteer, Kyle Rogers, puzzled through hundreds of leads to identify a significant number of notices placed in antebellum and Civil War era newspapers. http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/fit-to-print/2018/06/26/virginias-lost-papers/ ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html This list is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).