What determined whether a slave or servant would be listed in an inventory
for a man who died testate in Virginia in 1740?
Paul Heinegg
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From: Deal, John (LVA)
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Subject: [VA-HIST] Virginia Newspaper Project's Fit To Print blog
One of the more startling and disturbing events of the late 19th century was
the outbreak of riots subsequent to the mayoral elections in Wilmington, NC
in November 1898. Given that racial tensions were a key component of the
uprising, the Newspaper Project offers the unique perspective from an
African American newspaper published in Virginia that spoke out loudly
against what it saw as outright atrocities.
Please read on in today's Fit To Print blog.
http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/fit-to-print/
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