At a meeting of a respectable portion of the free people of color of the city of Richmond, on Friday, January 24, 1817, William Bowler was appointed chairman, and Lentey Craw, secretary.

Illustration by Aurélia Fronty Q: I’ve heard that purple was called the royal color because purple dye used to be scarce. Why didn’t people just combine blue and red? Dan Warnock | Baker ...