West Virginia’s birth was an act of defiance, a bold statement against tyranny and injustice. When Virginia seceded during ...

The West Virginia couple, who is White, were accused of severely neglecting and mistreating their five adopted Black children ...

For February, also known as Black History Month, we visited the Belpre Historical Society to see the Underground Railroad ...

Jeanne Kay Whitefeather was convicted of a forced labour, civil rights violations, human trafficking and child neglect. Her ...

Jeanne Whitefeather has denied locking two of her five adopted children in a shed -- despite authorities finding the teens in one back in October 2023.

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Start your Independent Premium subscription today. A West Virginia jury has convicted a couple who were accused of neglect and forced labour involving their adopted children, including locking ...

I always enjoy quizzing kids on what they’re learning about in school. Nine times out of ten they tell me something that wasn ...

“Human rights violations specific to the fact that these children were targeted because of their race and they were used basically as slaves from what the indictment alleges,” per West ...

The status of blacks in Virginia slowly changed over the last half of the 17th century. The black indentured servant, with his hope of freedom, was increasingly being replaced by the black slave.

When Virginia seceded from the Union in 1861, the portion now known as West Virginia broke off to form its own state. Admitted to the Union in 1863, West Virginia was the only state created from ...