Slaves & Free People of Color - 1800 - 1860

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SAt the August 11 Thursday night Archives and History genealogy program in the library, Greg Carroll made a presentation on slaves and free people of color in western Virginia. Carroll noted some of the materials available for research on African Americans in West Virginia but indicated a need to collect more information, such as oral histories.

Slaves & Free People of Color in Western Virginia by Greg Carroll

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