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Primary Source Offers Questions and Clues About Will, Runaway Slave

Located among the odds and ends of Accomack County court records is this 1758 advertisement from Landon Carter of Richmond County for his runaway slave…

Sarah NerneyAugust 10, 2011

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Additional Prince Edward County Chancery Causes Added to CRI!

Additional Prince Edward County chancery causes are now available on the Chancery Records Index. These additions span the years 1754 through 1883. Combined with the previously…

Dale DulaneyAugust 8, 2011

Conservation Digital Projects

See Montgomery County’s Cohabitation Register Conserved!

The staff at Montgomery County’s Circuit Court Clerk’s Office recently rediscovered the county’s cohabitation register, one of the most valuable records used for African American…

Dale DulaneyMay 2, 2011

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Volumes Provide a Rare Glimpse Into the Life of Slaves at Furnaces

In July 1814, entrepreneur William Weaver made a chance investment in the Virginia iron industry along with his new partner, Thomas Mayberry. Weaver and Mayberry…

Bari HelmsApril 6, 2011

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Dear Governor

Editor’s Note: Guest contributor Brent Tarter offers the following post, pointing out some interesting finds made by the creators of the Library of Virginia’s Union or Secession exhibition.…

Brent TarterMarch 30, 2011

Manuscripts & Special Collections

David Walker’s "Appeal" in the News

On 3 March 2011 the University of Virginia’s Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library announced that it recently purchased a copy of David Walker’s anti-slavery “Appeal…

Roger ChristmanMarch 4, 2011

Manuscripts & Special Collections

David Walker’s Appeal: Anti-Slavery Literature in the Executive Communications

David Walker, a free black man from Boston, wrote to Thomas Lewis in Richmond on 8 December 1829 enclosing thirty copies of the first edition…

Craig MooreFebruary 9, 2011

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Local Editorial Contemplates Smyth County’s Cohabitation Register

Editor's Note: The following editorial is reprinted here courtesy of the Smyth County News & Messenger. It originally ran 28 July 2010. A team from…

Guest ContributorAugust 9, 2010

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Solid Genealogical Gold

Genealogists researching enslaved African Americans face serious challenges. Records that exist for the free population do not exist for the enslaved since slaves were considered…

Sarah NerneyJune 23, 2010