Historical Marker
Danieltown
Historical marker location:
Alberta, Virginia
( Marker is at the intersection of Christanna Highway (Virginia Route 46) and New Hope Road, on the right when traveling north on Christanna Highway.)
A Side Raid: 32 Troopers Captured. Wilson-Kautz Raid.
The first slave ship to arrive in the American colonies landed in Virginia in 1619. Virginia became a center of the transatlantic slave trade, and by 1860, Virginia had the largest population of enslaved people in the United States.