America’s last hand-poled river crossing, the Hatton Ferry, reopened over the weekend for another season taking travelers across the James River — and into the past.
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Charlottesville officials believe there are at least 43 enslaved people buried at Pen Park in unmarked graves. The graves are adjacent to a cemetery belonging to the Gilmer family, which owned a tobacco plantation on the land where the city-owned park and golf course are today.