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In the True Blue's wake : slavery and freedom among the families of Smithfield Plantation
- Title
- In the True Blue's wake : slavery and freedom among the families of Smithfield Plantation / Daniel B. Thorp.
- Author
- Thorp, Daniel B.
- Publication
- Charlottesville ; London : University of Virginia Press, 2022.
- ©2022
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Details
- Description
- xii, 190 pages : illustrations, charts, genealogical tables, map; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "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"--
- Series Statement
- The American South series
- Uniform Title
- American South series.
- Subject
- Preston family
- Smithfield Plantation House (Blacksburg, Va.) > History
- Smithfield Plantation House (Blacksburg, Va.)
- 1700-1999
- 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
- African American families
- Enslaved persons
- Virginia > Blacksburg
- Genre/Form
- Genealogy.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- Sc E 22-1031
- ISBN
- 9780813947235
- 0813947235
- LCCN
- 2021035022
- OCLC
- 1263247048
- Author
- Thorp, Daniel B., author.
- Title
- In the True Blue's wake : slavery and freedom among the families of Smithfield Plantation / Daniel B. Thorp.
- Publisher
- Charlottesville ; London : University of Virginia Press, 2022.
- Copyright Date
- ©2022
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- The American South seriesAmerican South series.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1700-1999
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 22-1031