Edward M. Steel, History Professor, “Court Records of Antebellum Virginia as Sources for Historical Investigation”
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Collection Number: A&M 2031
Typescript copy of an undated research paper by Edward M. Steel entitled "Court Records of Antebellum Virginia as Sources for Historical Investigation" that examines African Americans, slavery, and crime in Brooke County, Virginia, between 1810 and 1820. Steel explores court records regarding various types of crimes and misdemeanors (assault and battery, arson, rape, murder, malfeasance, profanity, and larceny) in conjunction with population statistics according to race and describes several cases concerning slaves as either plaintiffs or defendants. This sixteen-page paper is signed by Steel, but undated.
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Edward Marvin Steel was born on Armistice Day, 11 November 1918, in Nashville, Tennessee, the son of Edward and Judith Wilkes Steel. He passed away 7 April 2011 in Morgantown, West Virginia after a short illness. He graduated from Harvard University in the class of 1940, and then served as a pilot in World War II, becoming a prisoner of war. He later received his doctorate in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Steel was a professor of history at West Virginia University, specializing in American history. As an author he is best known for his scholarly writings on labor leader Mother Jones. He was married had a wife, Barbara Manley Steel, and a son, Philip.
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