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African Americans In Virginia
African Americans are the largest racial minority in Virginia. According to the 2010 Census, more than 1.5 million, or one in five Virginians is "Black or African American". African Americans were enslaved in the state. History See also * First Africans in Virginia * History of slavery in Virginia *Demographics of Virginia *List of African-American newspapers in Virginia This is a list of African-American newspapers that have been published in Virginia. It includes both current and historical newspapers. The first African-American newspaper in the state was '' The True Southerner'', in 1865. In the ensuing ... References History of slavery in Virginia {{African-American-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Church
The black church (sometimes termed Black Christianity or African American Christianity) is the faith and body of Christian congregations and denominations in the United States that minister predominantly to African Americans, as well as their collective traditions and members. The term "black church" can also refer to individual congregations. While most black congregations belong to predominantly African American Protestant denominations, such as the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) or Church of God in Christ (COGIC), many others are in predominantly white Protestant denominations such as the United Church of Christ (which developed from the Congregational Church of New England), or in integrated denominations such as the Church of God. There are also many Black Catholic churches. Most of the first black congregations and churches formed before 1800 were founded by freed black people—for example, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Springfield Baptist Church (August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Africans In Virginia
The first Africans in Virginia were a group of "twenty and odd" captive enslaved persons originally from modern-day Angola who landed at Old Point Comfort in Hampton, Virginia in late August 1619, whose arrival is seen as a beginning of the history of slavery in Virginia and the United States and also as a starting point for African-American history, given that they were the first such group in mainland British America. They were sold to the governor of Virginia by "Capt Jope", the commander of ''The White Lion'', who attacked and plundered them from the slave ship ''San Juan Bautista'', which was carrying over three hundred enslaved people who had been kidnapped from the Kingdom of Ndongo and were being forcibly sailed to New Spain (modern-day Mexico). Recognition of this event has been promoted since 1994 by Calvin Pearson and "Project 1619 Inc", an organization he founded in 2007, whose work led the Virginia Department of Historic Resources to install a historic marker commemo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of Slavery In Virginia
Slavery in Virginia began with the capture and enslavement of Native Americans during the early days of the English Colony of Virginia and through the late eighteenth century. They primarily worked in tobacco fields. Africans were first brought to colonial Virginia in 1619, when 20 Africans from present-day Angola arrived in Virginia aboard the ship ''The White Lion''. As the slave trade grew, enslaved people generally were forced to labor at large plantations, where their free labor made plantation owners rich. Colonial Virginia became an amalgamation of Algonquin-speaking Native Americans, English, other Europeans, and West Africans, each bringing their own language, customs, and rituals. By the eighteenth century, plantation owners were the aristocracy of Virginia. There were also a class of white people who oversaw the work of enslaved people, and a poorer class of whites that competed for work with freed blacks. Tobacco was the key export of the colony in the seventeenth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demographics Of Virginia
The demographics of Virginia are the various elements used to describe the population of the Commonwealth of Virginia and are studied by various government and non-government organizations. Virginia is the 12th-most populous state in the United States with over residentsResident Population Data . ''''. 23 December 2010. Retrieved 2011-03-25. and is the 35th largest in area. Population As of the , Virginia has a reported population ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of African-American Newspapers In Virginia
This is a list of African-American newspapers that have been published in Virginia. It includes both current and historical newspapers. The first African-American newspaper in the state was '' The True Southerner'', in 1865. In the ensuing four decades, more than 50 such newspapers sprang up, addressing the manifold challenges facing the African American community during and after Reconstruction. Among these, a few took a leading role in the state's political discourse, such as the '' Richmond Planet'', '' Virginia Lancet'' and '' Virginia Star''. Notable African-American newspapers in Virginia today include the ''New Journal and Guide'', ''Roanoke Tribune'', and ''Richmond Free Press''. Newspapers See also *List of African-American newspapers and media outlets *List of African-American newspapers in Kentucky *List of African-American newspapers in Maryland *List of African-American news ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
