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Ferdinando Fairfax, Plan for liberating the negroes within the united states (December 1, 1790)

Ferdinando Fairfax, Plan for liberating the negroes within the united states (December 1, 1790)
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George Washington Slept Here

George Washington’s 1789 post-inauguration tour solidified our national identity and launched the cliché “George Washington Slept Here.”

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Ferdinando Fairfax (1769–1820) – Encyclopedia Virginia

Ferdinando Fairfax (1769–1820) – Encyclopedia Virginia
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Deed of Gift, Robert Carter III s – Encyclopedia Virginia

SUMMARY Robert Carter III‘s Deed of Gift was a legal document, signed on August 1, 1791, and presented in Northumberland District Court on September 5, that set out provisions to free 452 enslaved men and woman. By the time those provisions were fulfilled, more than three decades later, between 500 and 600 were freed, probably the largest emancipation by an individual in the United States before 1860. Carter was a member of one of the wealthiest families in Virginia and inherited hundreds of slaves. Perhaps because of a religious conversion, he turned against slavery during and after the American Revolution (1775–1783). His plan to free his own slaves was carefully designed to conform to state law and to be gradual. Adults would be freed in small groups each year based on their age, children would be freed when they became adults, and the elderly would be allowed to independently farm on Carter’s Nomony Hall estate for the remainder of their lives. In 1793, Carter mov

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Charles Varle map a good snapshot in history of Jefferson County

Folks interested in exploring Local History are always on the lookout for sources of information. Newspapers and books are frequently the resources most often consulted, and in todayâs world many of them are as accessible as your personal computer. However, when conducting research do not overlook the value of a good map. Maps are just like photographs in that they capture very important details such as place names, roads, rivers and streams that existed when the map was drawn. Some maps have an added detail and provide family surnames and even show where they lived. During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, several maps of Jefferson County were published, and each provides a precise record of our county and the cultural, natural, and physical details at the time that the map was produced. This series of maps affords the opportunity to see how Jefferson County has changed through timeâwhere roads used to be, how names are spelled, and who lived where. The Jeffers

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