In Virginia, Richmond police raid secret meeting of African-American group called "The Sons of Ham"

Police in Richmond, Virginia raided a secret African-American meeting in an outbuilding behind a large house and arrested a dozen members of a group they described as suspects in underground railroad activity.  The group, known as the "Sons of Ham," included several local black preachers.  (By John Osborne) 
Source Citation
Gregg D. Kimball, "African, American, and Virginia: The Shaping of Black Memory in Antebellum Virginia, 1790-1860," in W. Fitzhugh Brundage, Where These Mysteries Grow: History, Memory, and Southern Identity (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000), 70. 
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    Slavery/Abolition
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