Historian Joshua D. Rothman discusses his best-selling book about the brutal business of slave traders Isaac Franklin, John Armfield, and Rice Ballard. Based in Alexandria, Virginia, the Franklin & Armfield slave-trading operation was the largest in our country’s history. Thousands of enslaved men, women, and children – many from Northern Virginia – were forced on a grueling march or boat passage to the deep south where they were sold in the domestic slave trade. Countless people died along the way.
Janice M. Tibbs, a former Fauquier resident will discuss her two short stories entitled, The Hollow, The Hill, The Mountain and My Friend Dar. Her published work was written to inspire the next generation. Ms. Tibbs was born in Warrenton, Virginia nearly 90 years ago, and educated in Fauquier County public schools.
Historian Joshua D. Rothman discusses his best-selling book about the brutal business of slave traders Isaac Franklin, John Armfield, and Rice Ballard. Based in Alexandria, Virginia, the Franklin & Armfield slave-trading operation was the largest in our country’s history. Thousands of enslaved men, women, and children – many from Northern Virginia – were forced on a grueling march or boat passage to the deep south where they were sold in the domestic slave trade. Countless people died along the way.