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Category : Decedents' estates
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
Index to Virginia Estates, 1800-1865: Counties of Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt, Fluvanna, Highland, Nelson, and Rockbridge
Author: Will and Estate Records in the Virginia State Library
Author: John VogtReport of the State Librarian
Author: Virginia State LibraryPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
The American Farmer in the Eighteenth Century
Author: Richard L. BushmanPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300235208
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
An illuminating study of America’s agricultural society during the Colonial, Revolutionary, and Founding eras In the eighteenth century, three†‘quarters of Americans made their living from farms. This authoritative history explores the lives, cultures, and societies of America’s farmers from colonial times through the founding of the nation. Noted historian Richard Bushman explains how all farmers sought to provision themselves while still actively engaged in trade, making both subsistence and commerce vital to farm economies of all sizes. The book describes the tragic effects on the native population of farmers’ efforts to provide farms for their children and examines how climate created the divide between the free North and the slave South. Bushman also traces midcentury rural violence back to the century’s population explosion. An engaging work of historical scholarship, the book draws on a wealth of diaries, letters, and other writings—including the farm papers of Thomas Jefferson and George Washington—to open a window on the men, women, and children who worked the land in early America.
The Ridge Runners
Author: The House of the Burgesses
Author: Michael BurgessPublisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 0893704792
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
A facsimile reprint of the Second Edition (1994) of this genealogical guide to 25,000 descendants of William Burgess of Richmond (later King George) County, Virginia, and his only known son, Edward Burgess of Stafford (later King George) County, Virginia. Complete with illustrations, photos, comprehensive given and surname indexes, and historical introduction.
Annual Report of the Library Board of the Virginia State Library to which is Appended the Annual Report of the State Librarian
Author: Virginia State LibraryPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
Special reports and monographs are issued as part of some of the Reports.
James Bluford Coffey
Author: Marvin Dale CoffeyGenealogy of the Ragland Families and Numerous Other Families of Prominence in America with Whom They Have Intermarried
Author: Margaret Miriam Hale StrongPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
"Those who Labor for My Happiness"
Author: Lucia C. StantonPublisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 0813932238
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Our perception of life at Monticello has changed dramatically over the past quarter century. The image of an estate presided over by a benevolent Thomas Jefferson has given way to a more complex view of Monticello as a working plantation, the success of which was made possible by the work of slaves. At the center of this transition has been the work of Lucia "Cinder" Stanton, recognized as the leading interpreter of Jefferson's life as a planter and master and of the lives of his slaves and their descendants. This volume represents the first attempt to pull together Stanton's most important writings on slavery at Monticello and beyond. Stanton's pioneering work deepened our understanding of Jefferson without demonizing him. But perhaps even more important is the light her writings have shed on the lives of the slaves at Monticello. Her detailed reconstruction for modern readers of slaves' lives vividly reveals their active roles in the creation of Monticello and a dynamic community previously unimagined. The essays collected here address a rich variety of topics, from family histories (including the Hemingses) to the temporary slave community at Jefferson's White House to stories of former slaves' lives after Monticello. Each piece is characterized by Stanton's deep knowledge of her subject and by her determination to do justice to both Jefferson and his slaves. Published in association with the Thomas Jefferson Foundation.