Blackburn family papers, 1866-1887.
Material type:
Mixed materialsDescription: 50 itemsSubject(s): - Blakemore, George Carter
- Blackburn family
- African Americans -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- African Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
- African Americans -- Virginia -- Berryville
- African Americans -- Virginia -- Clarke County
- Plantations -- Virginia -- Clarke County
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Louisiana
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Virginia
- Berryville (Va.) -- History
- Clarke County (Va.) -- History
- Louisiana -- History
- Virginia -- History
- New Orleans (La.) -- History
Open to research.
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.
African American family residing chiefly in Louisiana and Virginia.
Collection material in English.
Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.
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