Forgotten history of Hampton Roads slave trade recollected
The region sent more than 21,000 enslaved people to New Orleans — more than any other port, according to a Norfolk researcher
Source: roanoke.com
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Norfolk shipped 21,000 enslaved people to New Orleans before the Civil War. Now an effort is underway to document the forgotten history.
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.
Source: dailypress.com
List of local school districts where masking is now optional
As masking in schools continues to be a hot debate, school board members in a number of local school districts have decided to make masking up optional for students and staff, except where federally required.
Source: wtkr.com
Currituck County Board of Education votes to make masks optional in schools starting Feb. 14
This is the third local North Carolina school district to make masks optional.
Source: wtkr.com
Jockey's Ridge most visited as NC parks shatter records
North Carolina state parks and recreation areas saw 22.8 million visitors last year, 3 million more than in 2020.
Source: coastalreview.org