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Trial Testimony in the case of the Commonwealth vs. Virginia Christian
Witnesses who testified for the prosecution (in order of appearance): Dr. George K. Vanderslice (page 1-3), R.D. Hope (page 3-4), Leslie Curtis, Jr. (page 4-5), Leroy Sinclair (page 5), B.L. Poindexter (page 5-6), John C. Cahill (page 6-7), Lucy…
Transcription of a Labor Agreement between Slaughter B. Bullock and his Laborers
In June 1865 Hanover County farmer Slaughter B. Bullock contracted with his former enslaved laborers to work for him for stated wages and a place to board on his farm. The agreement was unusual (and unusually fair) in that it allowed either party "to…
