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Eastern Panhandle Slavery, 1775–1999

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 53

Scope and Contents

Facsimiles of: newpaper slave ads; Virginia law re: Kanawha Slave Insurance Company; Dunsmore's Proclamation freeing slaves; Va. Law to send slave to Liberia; slaves in Bunker Hill; New York Times article re: slave uprising; and drawing of [Harpers Ferry]. Harpers Ferry National Historical Park Afro-American materials. "History of Gerrardstown" in The Berkeley Journal. Handwritten list of properties, including slave names, of Richard B. Washington, [1864]. Letter of transmittl and facsimile of bill of sale for slave, 18[4]5. Transcription of Rumsey-Polk letters re: slaves.

Dates

  • Creation: 1775–1999

Repository Details

Part of the West Virginia and Regional History Center Repository

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