Description: They lived with professors and waited on former presidents. They were masons and nurses, school teachers and field hands, 246 people owned by a man who struggled with the institution of slavery. Yet, almost no one knows their names.
Brief description: Andi Cumbo-Floyd is a writer, editor, and historian who lives at the edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains with her husband and young son. She spends as much of her time as possible researching the stories of enslaved people and finds some of her greatest joy in meeting their descendants.