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Road to Black Ned's Forge
United states, commerce
Freed persons
Landowners
Freedmen
United states, race relations
Frontier and pioneer life
Commerce
Race relations
History
In 1752 an enslaved Pennsylvania ironworker named Ned purchased his freedom and moved to Virginia on the upper James River. Taking the name Edward Tarr, he became the first free black landowner west of the Blue Ridge. Tarr established a blacksmith shop on the Great Wagon Road from Philadelphia to th…
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