African Americans
Subject
Subject Source: Fast
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
African Americans
File — Box 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
Folder includes four items: "A Community's Stories" article from The News Gazzette concerning an exhibit by the Rockbridge Historical Society; a list of 'Old Lexington Colored People,' from the early 1900's from Leslie Lyle Campbell's notes; information on a group of slaves from Caroline County (a page copied from Colonial Caroline: a History of Caroline County, Virginia); and a letter to Special Collections concerning information on the holdings of records concerning black history in...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1609 - 2016
African Americans at Washington and Lee website, 2013
File
Scope and Contents
A timeline is being developed on the university website by a special working group established in August 2013 by Washington and Lee President Kenneth P. Ruscio to explore the role of African Americans in the history of the University. The University Library is capturing this timeline using Archive-It.
Dates:
2013
Colbert family
File — Box 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
Includes Borgus and Edmondson families.
Dates:
1825-2013, undated
Genealogy of miscellaneous families, from Ancestry, etc.
File — Box 1, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents
Families included are as follows: Beach, Douty, Drummond, Ford, Goodbar, Hickman, Higgins, Hollaway, Langhorne, Lackey, Little, McFadden, Martin, Mitchell, Moyers, Pullen, Ridgway, Scott, Sensabaugh, Smith, Spencer, Toman, Walker
Dates:
Other: 1812 - 1975
Remarks at the Introduction of the W&L African American Historical Marker, "A Difficult, Yet Undeniable, History," by Pres. Ruscio., 2016-04-05
File — Box 24, Folder: 22
Slaves, Rockbridge County, Virginia, 1863-01
File — Box 1, Folder: 64
Scope and Contents
Includes photocopy of a list of number of Slaves between 18 and 45 years of age, and their owners, in the district of J. Johnston. January 1863.
Dates:
1863-01
Tom Clark and murder of William Bailey, 1909-11
File — Box 1, Folder: 12