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1831 September 19 . Gilbert Austin ALS to James Austin; Richmond, V[irgini]a.

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Box 2
Abstract:
Recent slave purchases and prices and local reaction to Nat Turner's Southampton Insurrection; "negroes making the attempt to arise in Southampton County about 60 miles below hear are all suppressed . . . 50 or 60 they killed in all of the whites 64 mostly women & children..." Rumors of another insurrection in North Carolina have been dispelled.
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Collection

African American and African Diaspora collection, 1729-1970 (majority within 1781-1865)
Total components 346
Items available online Online 252
Last indexed 2024-08-05