Ronald Seagrave

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Gender	Male
Industry	Education
Location	Dinwiddie, Virginia, United States
Introduction	Noted public speaker, historical researcher and author. Lecture topics presented include Making History in Virginia; The Brig Creole Insurrection of 1841; Freed Blacks; Elizabeth Hobbs Keckly, Dr. Thomas Stewart, John Day, Thomas Day, of Dinwiddie County, Virginia; The "Keziah Affair" of 1858, in which a Delaware schooner was caught smuggling five slaves out of Petersburg, an example of the active Undergound Railroad in the area.
Interests	I'm interested in all aspects of our local area history espically area, Artisans, slaves, free blacks, Quakers, Methodists, Baptists, movements in Southside Virginia, with special interest in the areas of, Dinwiddie County, Pince George County, Sussux County, Petersburg, Pocahontas, Blanford, Chesterfield County. *Petersburg History *
Favorite Books	The Known World: A Novel by Edward P. Jones, The Free Women of Petersburg by Suzanne Lebsock, Petersburg's Story: A History by James G. Scott & Edward A. Wyatt IV, The Prince George-Hopewell Story by Francis Earle Lutz