Blackburn family papers, 1866-1887. 

 - 50  items. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Primarily letters received by Kitty Blackburn, a housekeeper on George Carter Blakemore's plantation near Berryville in Clarke County, Va., from her daughter, Sarah Maria Moore, a laundress in New Orleans, La., reflecting African American family life during Reconstruction. 
<br/><br/><br/>African American family residing chiefly in Louisiana and Virginia. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/>Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection. 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 98006414  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Blakemore, George Carter.<br/>Blackburn family.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>African Americans--Social conditions--19th century.<br/>African Americans--Louisiana--New Orleans.<br/>African Americans--Virginia--Berryville.<br/>African Americans--Virginia--Clarke County.<br/>Plantations--Virginia--Clarke County.<br/>Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Louisiana.<br/>Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Virginia.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Berryville (Va.)--History.<br/>Clarke County (Va.)--History.<br/>Louisiana--History.<br/>Virginia--History.<br/>New Orleans (La.)--History.