George Boxley: The Abolitionist Whose Planned Slave Revolt Was Betrayed by an Enslaved Woman

George Boxley was a white American abolitionist and former slaveholder who turned against slavery and allegedly sought to lead one of Virginia’s most ambitious slave revolts. His plan to free enslaved Africans and seize key cities never materialized after it was exposed by an enslaved informant, setting off a chain of events that changed his […] TalkAfricana