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James W. D. Bland (c. 1838 – April 27, 1870) was a nineteenth-century African-American politician and carpenter from Virginia. After the Civil War, he was elected to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1868 and then to the Virginia State Senate .
Odd Fellows Cemetery (Farmville, Virginia) where James W. D. Bland's gravesite is one of the notable burials IOOF Cemetery (Georgetown, Texas) Odd Fellows Cemetery (San Francisco, California) , location of a Neptune Society Columbarium
The Bland family is a First Family of Virginia and prominent political family in U.S. history. Pages in category "Bland family of Virginia" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
A Craven County legend, former Sheriff Calton Windley "Pete" Bland, passed away on Nov. 27, 2021. Remembering former Craven County Sheriff Pete Bland (1935-2021), A local icon Skip to main content
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Randolphs who freed slaves and fought Virginia's growing dependence on the "peculiar institution" in the early Republic are less known, but include Ryland Randolph of Turkey Island and Ann Cary Randolph Morris, who later married founding father (and anti-slavery advocate) Gouverneur Morris of New York [21] Jacob Randolph of Isle of Wight County ...
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Bland was born into slavery, probably in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, [1] to Frederick Bland and Nancy Yates Bland. After the Civil War, the family moved to Petersburg, Virginia, where Frederick Bland worked as a shoemaker and preacher. Bland learned the shoemaker's trade from his father, and attended a local night school organized by ...