been digging of Justin Fairfax's ancestors.
Odd that a story comes out about his dad finally finding the emancipation documents of his great great great PATERNAL grandfather 2 days before his inauguration,
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Lt-Gov-discovers-a-family-relic-from-the-1700s-12531085.php
Apparently, he is a descendant of a slave, Simon Fairfax, who was freed by Thomas Fairfax, 9th Lord Fairfax of Cameron. There is a footnote in wiki stating that Fairfax freed his slaves, one of which in ancestor of Fairfax.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Fairfax,_9th_Lord_Fairfax_of_Cameron
However, if you look at his MATERNAL ANCESTRY, the woman married to SIMON, you find that she was a very very wealthy woman. She is the daughter of a William Grinell and Sarah Ambrose, a freed colored woman.
You also with George Washington and were some of the richest and most elite families in DC.
Can't find exactly where it was in the source I was looking at about Famous Virginia Families, but it said that only one FAIRFAX FOUGHT ON THE SIDE OF THE UNION DURING THE CIVIL WAR.
Now, whether this included Fairfax slaves, I do not know.
But, from what I read, Sir Fairfax treated his slaves well, considering that Simon married a wealthy woman. From the wiki, it appears that they were treated more like hired help than 'slaves'.
My whole point in this is that I think Justin's ancestors were most likely to be Slave owners, just like all the elite of Washington DC at the time.
that is probably why he wanted to take down the civil war statues in the state of VA, the south's civil war statues.
I don't know whether this is a big deal or not, but just found it interesting.
https://books.google.com/books?id=tyQSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA176&lpg=PA176&dq=bryan+fairfax&ct=result#v=onepage&q=fairfax%20&f=false