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Maude Howlett Woodfin
Maude Howlett Woodfin Papers, 1915-1948. Section 1.Mss1 W8555 a 1-905List of Correspondents Abbot, Wilbur Cortez, 1869-1947Abernethy, Thomas Perkins...
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Memory
Which John Brown have Americans remembered? The crusader for abolition or the bloodthirsty terrorist? Brown was not forgotten
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Mercer Family
A Guide to the Mercer family papers, 1656-1869 (bulk 1740-1845). Section 33. Call Number Mss1 M5345 a 213-419 Correspondence, 1782-1820, of John...
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Minor Family, Section 11
Subject IndexMinor Family Papers, 1810-1932. Section 11.Call Number Mss1 M6663 c112-2,973 Accounts - Minor, Robert Dabney: Vernon H. Brown. Alexandria...
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Minor Family, Section 18
Minor Family Papers, 1810-1932. Section 18.Call Number Mss1 M6663 c 3,917 Index of Commonplace book of Robert Dabney Minor Buchanan, Franklin, 121-131...
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Nash Family, Section 11
Nash Family Papers, 1734-1889. Section 11Bonds, 1813-1859, of John White NashCall Number Mss1 N1786 a 4470-5265 Index to Individuals and Companies...
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Nash Family, Section 2
Nash family. Papers, 1734-1889. Section 2.Correspondence, 1813-1859, of John White NashCall Number Mss1 N1786 a 8-890Index to Correspondents and...
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Ongoing Resistance to Desegregation
By 1964, five years after the end of Massive Resistance, only 5 percent of black students in Virginia were attending
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Online Resources
Anyone conducting research on the Civil War in Virginia is faced with a daunting task. Thousands of books have been written
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Peyton Family
Peyton family. Papers, 1760-1919. Section 35.Call Number Mss1 P4686 c 312-847 Index to Correspondence, 1824-1872,of Dr. Robert Eden Peyton (1804-1872)...
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Political Decline and Westward Migration
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The political stature of Virginia declined on the national stage when no successors of ability emerged to replace the...
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Preston Family
Preston Family Papers, 1773-1862. Section 14Correspondence, 1840-1862, of William Ballard Preston (1805-1862)Mss1 P9267 d 296-708 Index to...
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Racial Inequality
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Confederate defeat threatened to change white southern identity. Suddenly African Americans were free to determine the...
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Raid, Incarceration, and Execution
Although John Brown and his followers easily captured the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia
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Reconciliation
After Appomattox, Ulysses S. Grant was the savior of the United States, while Robert E. Lee was the greatest hero of the Lost
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Reconstruction
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During the decade following the Civil War, former Confederate states were required to “reconstruct” their state...
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Reed Family, Section 1
Reed Family Papers, 1921-1935. Section 1.Correspondence, 1921-1934, of William Thomas Reed (1865-1935)Call Number Mss1 R2518 a 1-12,855 Index to...
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Reed Family, Section 2
A Guide to the Reed Family Papers, 1921-1935. Section 2. Correspondence, 1927-1933, of Pleasant Larus Reed of Richmond and “Chelsea,” King William...
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Rising Black Consciousness
Part of the reasoning cited in the Brown decision was that discrimination greatly diminished Black pupils' self-esteem. As
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Robert Knox Sneden Chronology
1832 June 3 born in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, British provinces of America 1851 family moves to New York 1858 earliest