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West Ford Drawing
A drawing of West Ford at roughly 73 years old. He has curly grey hair and is wearing a black satin vest and silk cravat.
A discourse and view of Virginia
Virginia was one of the few kingdoms that England took advantage of due to the many resources. Iron started to become a big thing which allowed them to settle and take interest in Virginia. They found iron mines and skillful people that had different…
Pamunkey Indians in the civil war
Residents of the Pamunkey Reservation, 12 miles southeast of here, aided Union troops during the Civil War. About a dozen Pamunkey men enlisted as guides, scouts, gunboat pilots, and spies for Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac…
Indian land sales and allotment in Antebellum Virginia: trustees, tribal agency and the Nottoway reservation
George Mason Library
Indian land sales and allotment in Antebellum Virginia: trustees, tribal agency and the Nottoway reservation
George Mason Library
Bushrod Washington will
The tenth page of Bushrod Washington's will. The will has instructions regarding West Ford. After being given 160 acres of land in 1829, he became one of the richest free African Americans to own land in Virginia.
Black Settlement in Fairfax County, Virginia During reconstruction
Origen of the Tinner family in Fairfax County, Virginia
Black Settlement in Fairfax County, Virginia During reconstruction
Origen of the Tinner family in Fairfax County, Virginia
The Wright Brothers Early Photography
this is an article that talks about the early lives of the wright brothers and giving information about there childhoods also giving old black and white photos.
Slave Trade
Charles Fenton Mercer reports for "the committee to whom were referred the memorial of the American Society for colonizing the free people of the United States". The bulk of the report consists of appendices on the American Colonization Society,…