Enslaved and Free Persons at Patrick Henry’s Red Hill

This dataset is an overview of information known about individuals that were enslaved by Patrick Henry (1736-1799), the Revolutionary Era patriot and Virginia governor famed for his “Give me Liberty, or Give me Death” speech and later his son John (1796-1868) at their home of Red Hill in Charlotte County, VA primarily from 1794 onward. This data covers not only enslaved individuals but also free and freed members of the community such as spouses and children of the enslaved.