I hate to say it, but if the Freedom Center has this on its walls, the Freedom Center is just wrong, see the post I just put on this list serve.
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From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Eric Richardson [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 2:25 PM
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Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Virginia Emancipations
Craig,
A Public History source/venue (Underground Railroad museum in Cincinnati)
displayed several of the antebellum mid-western Black Codes that required
removal of any person of African descent within a very short time period,
as short as 24 hours like Georgia required for free persons of color
entering that state. The museum's argument was that the Underground
Railroad did not end in Ohio & elsewhere but continued to Canada as the
actual safe refuge, not the "free States." Not sure if it is ancedotal
proof or disproof but Sally Hemmings' son, Peter, changed his name to
Jefferson in Ohio, moved to Wisconsin, and "passed" as white there. Not
sure if the stop in Ohio was longer than the Black Code allowed but he left
VA after Jefferson emancipated him.
Eric
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Craig Kilby <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Rondina, Gee, I would have never thought of that idea. That is why we have
> disussion board, to find out if anyone else knows of a work on this topic.
> If not, maybe I'll do it, Naturally, the first step is to ask if anyone
> else has looked into this issue. Apparently they have not.
>
> Craig
>
> P.S. Wills are not derivative sources and cannot be called biased. They
> say what they say at the time they were written.
>
> On May 17, 2012, at 12:20 PM, Rondina Muncy wrote:
>
> > Craig,
> >
> > I did misunderstand your question, however, I will suggest studying the
> > statutes of the free states. In other words, go to the original source
> > first before reading a derivative that may contain a bias.
> >
> > Rondina
>
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