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Slavery
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Virginia’s 550,000 slaves constituted one third of the state’s population in 1860.
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St. James Church – Sutherland, Prudence M.
St. James Church, Records, 1814–1959. 452 items. Mss3Sa235a. The records of St. James (Protestant Episcopal) Church in Richmond include parish...
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St. Luke's Church - Sydnor
St. Luke's Church, Powhatan County, records, 18421936. 45 items. Mss3Sa242a.Among the records of this Protestant Episcopal church in Powhatan County...
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St. Paul's Church - Sydnor, William Barrett
St. Paul’s Church (Protestant Episcopal), Richmond, Vestry Book, 1855–1870. 2 volumes. Mss3SA245a. Microfilm reel B58.This collection consists of...
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Tadini, Elizabeth Oldopedi – Tyler, Julia Gardiner
[Tadini, Elizabeth Oldopedi], Commonplace Book, [1859–1864]. 1 volume. Mss5:5T1213:1.This volume, kept in English and attributed to "Comtessee...
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Talbott - Tyree
Talbott & Brother, Richmond, papers, 1831–1880. 86 items. Mss3T1425a. Microfilm reel C530.Records of a Richmond iron manufacturing firm, specializing...
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Talbott & Brother, Richmond - Tyler, Julia (Gardiner)
Talbott & Brother, Richmond, Papers, 1831–1880. 86 items. Mss3T1425a. Microfilm reel C530.This collection contains papers concerning the operations of...
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The Battlefront in Virginia
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Home to the Confederate capital, Virginia became a battleground.
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The Commonwealth and the Great War
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The Virginia Museum of History & Culture’s exhibition, The Commonwealth and the Great War, presented the dramatic role of
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The French and Indian War
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To shield against Indian attacks and French expansion, and to deter runaway slaves from establishing colonies in the...
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The Growth of Industry
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New industries were emerging in Virginia’s cities. Richmond, Norfolk, Petersburg, Fredericksburg, Lynchburg, and...
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The Portent: John Brown's Raid in American Memory
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John Brown remains one of the most controversial figures in our history. To destroy the institution of slavery, he firmly believed there was only one possible course of action. He saw what he thought was the ultimate wrong and tried in the only way he could imagine to right it. Which John Brown should we remember? The crusader for abolition or the bloodthirsty terrorist? Is it possible to list him among the great pantheon of American heroes, or do we still recoil from the image of his attack on an American military installation, an action that can be described by no term other than treason?
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The Revolutionary Era in Virginia
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Virginia—the largest and most populous colony—played a major role in winning independence and determining the values and...
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The Struggle for Equality
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The American concept that all people are equal and all have unalienable rights was introduced by Virginians George Mason...
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Unidentified - Virginia
Unidentified author, "Journal of Tens Days Travel on Board [the] Steamer Frances," 1875. 120 pp. Mss5:1Un3:15.Concerns a voyage from Bridgeport, Conn...
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Unidentified Author – Virginia Woman's Forum
Unidentified Author, Letters, 1883. 3 items. Mss2Un3f.Consists of letters, 1883 August 9, 25, and 29, written by "Aunt Emma" (otherwise unidentified)...
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Unidentified Authors - Ussery, Mary Livinia (Robertson)
Unidentified Author, Account Book, 1813–1814. 1 volume. Mss5:3UN3:37.Kept by an unidentified author, this account book contains accounts and numerous...
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Valentine, Jackson L. - Voris, Alvin Coe
Valentine, Jackson L., Petition, 1863. 1 item. Mss2D8854a1.A petition, 8 October 1863, signed by Jackson L. Valentine (b. 1825?) and fifty-one other...
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Virginia and the Planter Class
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Governor William Berkeley set out to imitate the society of inequality of wealth and education that he knew in England.
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Virginia and Women’s Suffrage
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Despite the socio-political changes that occurred during Reconstruction, women at the dawn of the twentieth century...