Research Materials on Virginia African American History

Containers:
Box 1, Folder 5
Scope and content:

This folder contains newspaper clippings and typewritten accounts and anecdotes about Virginia African-Americans.Included are items relating to Virginia laws pertaining to slaves in the 1800's,race relations,an account of the origins of the monument in the Courthouse Sqaure in Lexington, VA, and an excerpt from the will of Washington and Lee benefactor "Jockey" John Robinson.

Language:
English .

Access and use

Location of collection:
Special Collections and Archives
James G. Leyburn Library
Washington and Lee University
204 W. Washington Street
Lexington, VA 24450
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Tom Camden
Phone: (540) 458-8649
Phone: (540) 463-8109
Fax: (540) 463-8964