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The 13th Amendment: Was Freedom Achieved?
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The Civil War
In the spring of 1861, as the still youthful nation moved ever closer to what would become the Civil War, both Robert E. Lee
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The Closing of Prince Edward County's Schools
After Virginia's school-closing law was ruled unconstitutional in January 1959, the General Assembly repealed the compulsory
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The Gardens
Learn more about the gardens at Virginia House.
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The Green Decision of 1968
By 1968, the U.S. Supreme Court had lost patience with the slow pace of school integration. In New Kent County, Virginia
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The House
Virginia House was completed in 1928, and in 1929 it was presented to VHS.
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The Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement
The civil rights movement was a heroic episode in American history. It aimed to give African Americans the same citizenship rights that whites took for granted.
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The Weddells
Learn more about Alexander Weddell and Virginia Chase Steedman Weddell.
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The World of Jim Crow
After the Civil War, Black Americans were no longer enslaved but they had not achieved equal status with whites in American
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Theodore de Bry's Engravings
In 1590, Theodore de Bry reprinted Thomas Hariot's A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia. The text was
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Turning Point: World War II
P. B. Young, editor of the Norfolk Journal and Guide, a black newspaper, spoke from the heart when he told white liberals,
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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 on the Eve of War
In 1917, Virginia was largely rural and poor. Although there was a growing migration to cities, three out of four Virginians
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Virginia's Civil War: A Guide to Manuscripts at the Virginia Historical Society
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Voting Rights
To circumvent the Fifteenth amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which guaranteed voting rights to Black men, the 1901–02
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W. E. B. Du Bois and the NAACP
W. E. B. Du Bois was the first black recipient of a Ph.D. from Harvard University. In The Souls of Black Folks, published in
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Wade - Zirkle
Wade family papers, 1841–1951. 38 items. Mss2W119c.This collection includes letters, 1841–1846, written by John Ingles (of Montgomery County) to Dr...