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The UncommonWealth
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"Brooks, Vincent" <[log in to unmask]>
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Research and writing about Virginia genealogy and family history." <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 29 Jun 2022 09:15:42 -0400
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What did the demise of chattel slavery at the end of the American Civil War
mean for those Black and multiracial Virginians who were considered to be
free prior to 1865? Today's The UncommonWealth looks at one man's story to
examine that larger question.

https://uncommonwealth.virginiamemory.com/blog/2022/06/29/a-case-study-of-freedom-john-hopes/


*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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