In May 1866, Lucy Richardson walked from Richmond to King William County,
Virginia, to reclaim her daughter from their former enslavers. Discovering that
she had been brutally beaten, Lucy determined to seek justice. Drawing upon
recent archival discoveries this talk will explore how this story went "viral" in
1866, but remains largely unknown to audiences today. -with Anne Cross, Ph.D
Candidate University of Delaware and Bibb Edwards, Independent Scholar. 

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