We are thrilled to share major news for Abolish Slavery Virginia: our campaign has received two generous grants totaling $18,000 to support our work to end slavery and involuntary servitude in Virginia!

Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) gives you the legal right to demand records from government agencies, and it’s one of our most powerful tools for exposing exploitation, documenting abuse, and building the case for abolition. This guide is specific to the Virginia prison system, and is going to walk you through the process, step by step.

Within months of the Thirteenth Amendment's ratification, nine Southern states updated their vagrancy laws to solve a very specific problem: how to re-enslave people without technically violating the new constitution.