Box Wade-Hall-OS0001

Scope and Contents Several pages from the first issue of The Richmond Defender (February 2005), a monthly newspaper from Richmond, Virginia. The lead article, "Reclaim our Sacred Ground," denounces proposals to build a baseball stadium in Shockoe Bottom, site of the Richmond slave market. Other articles address the African Burial Ground in New York City, the geography of Shockoe Bottom, the Richmond Slave Trail, and a reprint of an eyewitness account of the Richmond...