Slavery enriched a Virginia family at Coles Hill. Uranium is worth billions more.
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on December 1, 2022
In Virginia, the land still owned by the Coles family could yield billions from uranium. Does any of that wealth belong to the descendants of the enslaved?
December 1, 2022 at 7:00 a.m. EST
Clockwise from top left: Isaac Coles, Carole Coles Henry, Edward Coles, Walter Coles V (New York Public Library, Joshua Lott/The Washington Post, Library of Congress, Justin Ide for The Washington Post, Washington Post illustration) Comment on this story
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