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Freedom's Jubilee - An African American Journey
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Exhibit 1

A Journey Across Four Centuries

Exhibit 2

Charles City Courthouse—a symbol of the times

Exhibit 3

Ruthville—historic free town

Exhibit 4

Liberty Baptist—A church for the freedmen

Exhibit 5

The Rowe

Exhibit 6

Fort Pocahontas

Exhibit 7

Oak Hill cemetery

Exhibit 8

Burlington

Exhibit 9

Parrish Hill School

Exhibit 10

North Bend Plantation

Exhibit 11

Lott Cary birthplace—native son and Liberian founding father

Exhibit 12

Union Baptist Church

Exhibit 13

Historic Shirley

Exhibit 14

Harrison's and Edna Mills—and the underground market

Exhibit 15

Berkeley Plantation—independence for some

Exhibit 16

Westover Plantation—a place of origins

Exhibit 17

Westover Church

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Richard M. Bowman Center for Local History
10790 Courthouse Rd
Charles City, VA 23030

(804) 652-1516
Freedom's Jubilee - An African American Journey

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