Lesson Plan

Virginia Memory: Gilbert Hunt and the Richmond Theater Fire

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A lesson about the Richmond Theater Fire in 1811. Many perished in the fire. Those who were saved were helped from inside by Dr. James McCaw, who dropped them from a window to Gilbert Hunt, who caught them enough to break their fall. The lesson explores the question of whether Gilbert Hunt, a black, was treated like a hero.

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