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Subject:	The UncommonWealth
From:	"Brooks, Vincent (LVA)" <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:	Wed, 15 Mar 2023 19:14:37 +0000
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The War of 1812 raised the hopes of some enslaved people in the United States because the British offered freedom seekers refuge in return for military service or colonial settlement. Today's The UncommonWealth looks at how the war's resolution played out in some Princess Anne County records.

https://uncommonwealth.virginiamemory.com/blog/2023/03/15/finding-princess-anne-countys-hidden-treasures/



Vincent T. Brooks
Senior Local Records Archivist
Library of Virginia
800 East Broad St.
Richmond, VA 23219
804-692-3525
Fax 804-692-2277
The Uncommonwealth<https://uncommonwealth.virginiamemory.com/>


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