NPR Descendants of People Enslaved by Virginia's Governors Are Reframing History At the University of Virginia, researchers have begun to contact descendants of some of the estimated 4,000 enslaved people who lived and worked at the University from 1817 through 1865. https://www.npr.org/2020/10/01/918768811/descendants-of-people-enslaved-by-virginias-governors-are-reframing-history