Exhibit in Virginia to include rare pre-Civil War coverlet
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CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) - A story and a handwoven coverlet are all that bear witness to the life of an unnamed woman who lived as a slave on a Montgomery County plantation sometime about 1850. Her meticulous work will represent the lives of African AmericanExhibit in Virginia to include rare pre-Civil War coverlet
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) - A story and a handwoven coverlet are all that bear witness to the life of an unnamed woman who lived as a slave on a Montgomery County plantation sometime about 1850. Her meticulous work will represent the lives of African Americans before emancipation in an exhibit ... Read more

