Sunday, 26 June 2016

Virginia Beach woman's Bible was overlooked by "Antiques Roadshow," but now lives at the Smithsonian

Virginia Beach woman's Bible was overlooked by "Antiques Roadshow," but now lives at the Smithsonian

In 2009, Wendy Creekmore-Porter took a bible to a taping of "Antiques Roadshow.: The Bible, in her family for generations, was said to have belonged to Nat Turner, leader of the deadliest slave uprising in U.S. history. The story is remarkable; at least, Creekmore-Porter and her family thought so. But the show wasn’t interested. “They sent me on my merry way. That was it,” Creekmore-Porter recalled.
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