Mario Bautista
Letter from Virginia July/August 2015
Excavations are providing a new look at some of the Civil War’s earliest fugitive slaves—considered war goods or contraband—and their first taste of liberty
(Library of Congress)
Letter from Virginia September 1, 2011
Thousands of escaped slaves made a new life in one of the world’s most unwelcoming places—the Great Dismal Swamp, full of sink holes, thorns, snakes, bears, and bugs—for a chance at self-determination
(Courtesy Dan Sayers)
Digs & Discoveries November/December 2022
(Stephen Bonk/Alamy Stock Photo)
Digs & Discoveries January/February 2022
(Courtesy Jamestown Rediscovery)
