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In the True Blue's wake : slavery and freedom among the families of Smithfield Plantation
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"This book traces the lives of the more than two hundred men, women, and children who were enslaved at Smithfield, the Preston family plantation in southwestern Virginia, between 1774 and 1865, as ...
"This book traces the lives of the more than two hundred men, women, and children who were enslaved at Smithfield, the Preston family plantation in southwestern Virginia, between 1774 and 1865, as well as their descendants"--
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- Creator
- Daniel B. Thorp
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Charlottesville ; London : University of Virginia Press, 2022
- ©2022
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- Physical Details
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- xii, 190 pages : illustrations, charts, genealogical tables, map ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780813947235, 9780813947242, 0813947235, 0813947243
- OCLC
- on1304355451, on1263247048
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Slavery comes to Smithfield -- The enslaved people of Smithfield -- Life and work in the quarters -- War comes to Smithfield -- From slavery to freedom -- Outward and upward -- Appendix 1. Family trees -- Appendix 2. Individuals enslaved at Smithfield, 1774-1865
Subjects
- Preston family.
- Smithfield Plantation House (Blacksburg, Va.) -- History.
- Enslaved persons -- Virginia -- Blacksburg -- History -- 18th century.
- Enslaved persons -- Virginia -- Blacksburg -- History -- 19th century.
- African American families -- Virginia -- Blacksburg -- History -- 18th century.
- African American families -- History -- 19th century.
- African American families -- History -- 20th century.
- African American families -- Genealogy.