Part 1: Dr. Karen E. Sutton, PhD talks about her family, “The Nickens Nine,” all from the Northern Neck of Virginia, in a five part series about Black men serving during the Revolutionary War.
Free Black men from Lancaster and Northumberland Counties, Dr. Sutton recounts how they endured diseases, danger, and uncertainty during the fight for independence for this nation.
Part 2: Dr. Karen E. Sutton, PhD talks about her family, “The Nickens Nine,” all from the Northern Neck of Virginia, in a five part series about Black men serving during the Revolutionary War.
Free Black men from Lancaster and Northumberland Counties, Dr. Sutton recounts how they endured diseases, danger, and uncertainty during the fight for independence for this nation.
Part 3: Dr. Karen E. Sutton, PhD talks about her family, “The Nickens Nine,” all from the Northern Neck of Virginia, in a five part series about Black men serving during the Revolutionary War.
Free Black men from Lancaster and Northumberland Counties, Dr. Sutton recounts how they endured diseases, danger, and uncertainty during the fight for independence for this nation.
Part 4: Dr. Karen E. Sutton, PhD talks about her family, “The Nickens Nine,” all from the Northern Neck of Virginia, in a five part series about Black men serving during the Revolutionary War.
Free Black men from Lancaster and Northumberland Counties, Dr. Sutton recounts how they endured diseases, danger, and uncertainty during the fight for independence for this nation.
Part 5: Dr. Karen E. Sutton, PhD talks about her family, “The Nickens Nine,” all from the Northern Neck of Virginia, in a five part series about Black men serving during the Revolutionary War.
Free Black men from Lancaster and Northumberland Counties, Dr. Sutton recounts how they endured diseases, danger, and uncertainty during the fight for independence for this nation.
Mr. William Rich, a free Black man, born to a free Black woman, fought in the infantry defending the Northern Neck. Ms. Hooper tells her family’s story of free Black people who made decisions based upon making new opportunities for themselves and for their country.
Ms. Desyree Hooper, an administrator at Holley Graded School Museum and Art Gallery in Lottsburg, Virginia, tells the story of her ancestor who fought in the Revolutionary War.
Mr. Edward Sorrell, Mr. William Laws, and Mr. James Causey; names that still grace the Northern Neck, gave much to not only their families but also to the Commonwealth of Virginia and to The United States of America.
Mr. Garfield Parker, historian for Holley Graded School Museum and Art Gallery in Lottsburg, Virginia, tells the stories of three Black men from Northumberland and Lancaster Counties of their experiences as soldiers and sailors during the Revolutionary War.