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Slavery -- Virginia

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

T. Pat Matthews interview with Kitty Hall

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230345933]
Identifier: MSS 2904
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Hill was interviewed by T. Pat Matthews in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. Hill shares information related to her by her mother. His mother claimed that she was treated well except by "patterollers," and tells of the Yankees at the planatation. Hill also tells about the Ku Klux Klan.

Dates: 1937

Temperance Randall deed of gift

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230241579]
Identifier: MSS SC 475
Scope and Contents

Handwritten deed in which Randall's daughter Temperance Randall Jr. is given legal rights to Daniel and Fillis, two black slaves.

Dates: 1796 January 9

Temperance Randall deed of gift

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS SC 475
Dates: 1796 January 9

Vick family letter of emancipation

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230241561]
Identifier: MSS SC 474
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letter in which the Vick family of Southhampton County, Virginia emancipated and set free Rose and Simon, two black slaves.

Dates: 1789 January 27

Vick family letter of emancipation

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS SC 474
Dates: 1789 January 27