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Douglas W. Sanford, professor emeritus of historic preservation, presented “Interpreting the Evidence for African American History: Virginia’s Slave Quarters and Free Blacks on the Middle Peninsula in 1860,” at a virtual meeting of the Middle Peninsula African American Genealogical and Historical Society. Read the article.Other recent media mentions for Sanford include:Talk to explore lives of […]

Professor Emeritus of Historic Preservation Douglas W. Sanford’s expertise on slave dwellings were featured recently in an article titled “Rare 19th-century log cabin restored near Lake Mooney,” which ran in The Washington Post. “They were never built to last hundreds of years,” Sanford said. “This is truly a rare survivor.” Read more. The article also […]