Lydia Broadnax, The Prosecutions Star Witness. - a podcast by Kirk Monroe

Learn about Lydia Broadnax and how faithful of a servant she had become to Mr. Wythe most notably during last 20 Years of his life. Discover Lydia’s reasons behind why she was convinced George Wythe Sweeney had murdered his uncle via Arsenic Poisoning. Learn how Richmond had become home to multiple types of slavery since 1780, year Capital was relocated from Williamsburg. Discover what became the leading jobs/trades for slaves to have occupied in Richmond. Understand the reason behind why more slaves were employed in the heart of Richmond. Learn what Virginia Legislature prohibited after 1723. Find out which group of slaves were better tended to. Learn about what group of people were most fearful behind losing control and the laws passed starting around 1798. Discover how Richmond’s Business Owners defied new laws by continuously allowing Freed & Enslaved African Americans into their establishments. Also discover in the end how City & State Officials got upper hand to where Legal System itself dictated whom could and couldn’t testify against someone else within a court of law.

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