Author: Kevin DonleavyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780926487772
Category : Irish
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
The Irish in Early Virginia, 1600-1860
Author: Kevin DonleavyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780926487772
Category : Irish
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Gabriel's Conspiracy
Author: Philip J. SchwarzPublisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 0813933536
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
The plans for a large slave rebellion in the Richmond area in 1800, orchestrated by a literate enslaved blacksmith named Gabriel, leaked out before they could be executed, and he and twenty-five other enslaved people were hanged. In reaction to the plot, the Virginia and other legislatures passed restrictions on free blacks, as well as on the education, movement, and hiring out of the enslaved. Although Gabriel's conspiracy is well known among historians, documents relating to it have remained relatively inaccessible. In Gabriel’s Conspiracy, Philip J. Schwarz offers a valuable selection of the documents discovered to date. Together with Michael Nicholls’s complementary book, Whispers of Rebellion (Virginia), these volumes offer a complete account of the quashed slave conspiracy.
Black Confederates and Afro-Yankees in Civil War Virginia
Author: Ervin L. JordanPublisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 9780813915456
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
A study of the role of Afro-Virginians in the Civil War.
Pre-Federal Maps in the National Archives
Author: National Archives (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Iowa
Languages : en
Pages : 790
Book Description
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Author: Slave Labor on Virginia's Blue Ridge Railroad
Author: Mary E. LyonsPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467144908
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Between 1849 and 1859, Virginia raced to pierce the Blue Ridge Mountains by rail and reach the Ohio River. At least 300 enslaved people labored involuntarily toward that goal, along with 1,500 Irish immigrants. The state leased the labor of enslaved Virginians from local slaveholders, including four connected with nearby University of Virginia. Blue Ridge Tunnel and Blue Ridge Railroad historian Mary E. Lyons explored hundreds of primary documents to write the first nonfiction book about slave labor on a specific antebellum railroad. She shares hundreds of enslaved people's names, traces where they toiled along the line and describes their backbreaking--and sometimes fatal--tasks.
In Old Virginia
Author: Claudia L. BushmanPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801867255
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Walker humbly referred to himself as a poor illiterate worm, but his diary dramatically captures the life of a small planter in antebellum Virginia
Blood in West Virginia
Author: Brandon KirkPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1455619191
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
“Kirk’s marvelous tale of one of the bloodiest Appalachian feuds is a rip-roaring page-turner! . . . a good spirited read.” —Homer Hickam, #1 New York Times–bestselling author This riveting account is the first comprehensive examination of the Lincoln County feud, a quarrel so virulent it rivaled that of the infamous Hatfields and McCoys. The conflict began over personal grievances between Paris Brumfield, a local distiller and timber man, and Cain Adkins, a preacher, teacher, doctor, and justice of the peace. The dispute quickly overtook the small Appalachian community of Hart, West Virginia, leaving at least four dead and igniting a decade-long vendetta. Based on local and national newspaper articles and oral histories provided by descendants of the feudists, this powerful narrative features larger-than-life characters locked in deadly conflict. “Not only does Blood in West Virginia present a compelling narrative of a little known feud in southern West Virginia, it provides valuable insights into the local politics, economy, timber industry and family life in Lincoln County during the late 1800s.” —Dr. Robert Maslowski, President of Council for West Virginia Archaeology and graduate instructor at the Marshall University Graduate College “Tells a fascinating story that elevates the Lincoln County feud to its proper place in Appalachian and West Virginia History.” —Dr. Ivan Tribe, author of Mountaineer Jamboree “This book brings a deadly story to life. Author Brandon Kirk has done remarkable work in untangling the complex web of kinship connections linking both friends and foes, while detailing the social and economic strains of changing times in the mountains.” —Ken Sullivan, executive director, West Virginia Humanities Council, and editor of West Virginia Encyclopedia
Southwest Virginia's Railroad
Author: Kenneth W. NoePublisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817350640
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
A close study of one region of Appalachia that experienced economic vitality and strong sectionalism before the Civil War This book examines the construction of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad through southwest Virginia in the 1850s, before the Civil War began. The building and operation of the railroad reoriented the economy of the region toward staple crops and slave labor. Thus, during the secession crisis, southwest Virginia broke with northwestern Virginia and embraced the Confederacy. Ironically, however, it was the railroad that brought waves of Union raiders to the area during the war
The American Census Handbook
Author: Thomas Jay KempPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780842029254
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Offers a guide to census indexes, including federal, state, county, and town records, available in print and online; arranged by year, geographically, and by topic.