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The region sent more than 21,000 enslaved people to New Orleans — more than any other port, according to a Norfolk researcher

Congress banned the trans-Atlantic slave trade in 1808. But the domestic slave trade — trading humans within the nation’s borders, dubbed “the Second Middle Passage” — continued through the Civil War and is much less discussed in American history. The Norfolk region sent more than 21,000 enslaved people to New Orleans — more than any other port, according to the new research of a Slover librarian.

Virginia private high school sets up open-air classrooms: 'We’re still experimenting' Student: 'We’re not talking or communicating through a computer or device' By: Antoinette DelBel and last updated 2020-12-13 22:53:16-05 NORFOLK, Va. –- On an unseasonably mild day Friday, ninth grade student Maya Mirkova Livni and her fellow Roadstead Montessori classmates are thankful to be learning outdoors. “It’s a lot different than being online at home,” said 14-year-old Mirkova Livni. “It’s a lot better because we’re outside; we’re toge...