Coan Hall was an early British colonial plantation owned by John Mottrom. However, this hidden history is all about a woman by the name of Elizabeth Key. Elizabeth was the first woman of African ancestry in the American colonies to sue for her freedom and her infant son from slavery, and win. Watch the full episode of Hidden History with Brian Bullock this Thursday on VPM’s History YouTube channel! #hiddenhistory #history #African #Virginia #vpm #myvpm