AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Air Force veteran Fred Miller uncovers his family’s ties to Sharswood plantation
Air Force veteran Fred Miller bought a Virginia country house for family gatherings, then uncovered its plantation past and his own family’s connection to slavery. Miller purchased the fully furnished Sharswood house and 10.5 acres in May 2020. He later learned the property had once anchored a 1,300-acre plantation, 60 Minutes reported. Family research and […] The post Air Force veteran Fred Miller uncovers his family’s ties to Sharswood plantation appeared first on American Almanac .
Air Force veteran Fred Miller bought a Virginia country house for family gatherings, then uncovered its plantation past and his own family’s connection to slavery. Miller purchased the fully furnished Sharswood house and 10.5 acres in May 2020. He later learned the property had once anchored a 1,300-acre plantation, 60 Minutes reported . Family research and an examination by preservationists turned a real-estate purchase into something far more personal. Miller’s relatives traced their local roots while experts studied a deteriorating building believed to have housed enslaved people. Miller, then described as 57, was an Air Force veteran and civil engineer who worked for the service. He wanted land near his Virginia hometown where…Open
