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All upcoming public meetings of City Council , boards, commissions, and other public bodies subject to § 2.2-3707 of the Code of Virginia will be listed with other City events below and in the office of the City Clerk, Room 2300 of City Hall, 301 King St.
Date    TimeEvent
Jun 14, 2024 Fri 7:00 PMLecture: Slave Trading in the Civil War South
From Fort Sumter to Appomattox, Confederates bought and sold thousands of men, women, and children through a surviving trade in slaves. Even though the war destroyed the cotton economy that had long underpinned American slavery and fueled the slave trade, Confederates used slave commerce to shape their experiences of the war.

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