Phillip Troutman of George Washington University will speak on the topic: “Middle Passages: Enslaved Migration to, within, and out of Virginia, 1619-1865,” at a virtual meeting on Saturday of the Middle Peninsula African-American Genealogical and Historical Society.
The talk begins at 11 a.m. People may sign up by contacting mpaaghs.va@gmail.com or 804-758-5163.
Troutman’s talk on the Virginia domestic slave trade discusses Virginia’s enslaved people who were sold away to other locations. A release said, “A person born into slavery in Virginia in 1830 stood a 30 percent chance of being sold away by 1860. In Eastern Shore counties, 20 to 30 percent of enslaved people were sold away or moved out of Virginia each decade.”
Troutman is an assistant professor of history at GWU with a number of publications on slavery. Visit gwu.academia.edu/trout for information about his work.
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