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Patterns Of Enslavement And Economic Oppression Of Central Virginia, Hannah Bedwell

Undergraduate Research Posters

I address how anthropologists can identify the patterns and development of slavery and economic oppression through archaeology and the visualization of Virginia enslavement. I focus on the enslaved people of James Madison's Montpelier. I use 3D modeling as a foundation for integrating enhanced visuals with the goal of presenting a tangible understanding of the enslaved individuals in relation to the artifacts and history of the archaeological sites. I intend to show a common theme in economic oppression by comparing modern themes in slavery and examining Fraser D. Neiman's synthesis of the evolutionary perspective of slavery, and how little has changed …

A Historical Study Of The Role Of The Industrialist In The Tobacco, Flour And Textile Industries Of Virginia 1860-1890, Leslie Winston Smith

Master's Theses

The primary objective of this study is to ascertain what part, if any, the prominent industrialists of Virginia, in the postwar-pretwentieth century period, played in the economic rejuvenation of a state that was ravaged for four years by invaders and defenders alike. Cognizant of the fact that Virginia industry after 1865 was attending a degree of diversification, nonetheless, this study will be limited to three primary industries, namely tobacco, flour and textiles. Even though these three industries, with the possible exception of textiles, were found in most towns and cities throughout the state, only four cities have been selected for …

The Richmond Transit Strike Of 1903, Thomas Jefferson Headlee Jr.

Master's Theses

A general history of the American Labor movement introduces the reader to the mainstream of trade unionism in the United States. It is the purpose of this paper however, to record the events of only one of the less important incidents in the twentieth century. That this experiment of labor in Richmond, Virginia in the year 1903 should have failed, does not detract from its value to the historian, for the study of even an unsuccessful strike may add to our knowledge of the various unions and anti-unionism. In addition, it certainly behooves us, as Richmond's, to learn something further …

Gibson Fuel Company, Incorporated, Gibson Fuel Company, Incorporated

Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection

This scrip is from the Gibson Fuel Company, Incorporated mine with a value of 50¢.

Gibson Fuel Company, Incorporated, Gibson Fuel Company, Incorporated

Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection

This scrip is from the Gibson Fuel Company, Incorporated mine with a value of 50¢.

Gibson Fuel Company, Incorporated, Gibson Fuel Company, Incorporated

Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection

This scrip is from the Gibson Fuel Company, Incorporated mine with a value of 10¢.

Gibson Fuel Company, Incorporated, Gibson Fuel Company, Incorporated

Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection

This scrip is from the Gibson Fuel Company, Incorporated mine with a value of 25¢.

Norton Coal Company, Norton Coal Company

Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection

This scrip is from the Norton Coal Company mine with a value of $1.

Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation, Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation

Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection

This scrip is from the Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation mine with a value of 25¢.

Correspondence To General William Robertson Boggs, 1870s Cont.: November 17, 1878 - May 12, 1879, William H. Symington, Archibald Boggs

William Robertson Boggs Family Papers

Boggs Family Papers, Box 1, Folder 3.

Correspondence to General William Robertson Boggs, 1870s cont.: November 17, 1878 - May 12, 1879

Correspondence To General William Robertson Boggs, 1870s: January 21, 1875 - November 6, 1878, Archibald P. Boggs, William Robertson Boggs Jr., Andrew Johnston, William H. Symington

William Robertson Boggs Family Papers

Boggs Papers, Box 1, Folder 2

Correspondence to General William Robertson Boggs, 1870s: January 21, 1875 - November 6, 1878

Slave Trade Ledger Of William James Smith, 1844-1854, William James Smith

Local History

This ledger meticulously details the prices paid and received for scores of human beings (as slaves; only first names are recorded), as well as the expenses incurred by Smith in undertaking this business venture, such as feeding, clothing, sheltering, and nursing the people he purchased and sold. The details of the book illustrate that Smith took several "trips" between 1844 and 1854 to buy and sell slaves: detailed records of purchases and sales of "Negroes" exist for all of the years between 1844 and 1854. The listing of expenses for the year of 1844 (the most complete account) indicate that …