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Rebel Soldiers Taking the Oath of Allegiance, 1865
After the Civil War many white Virginians could not vote because they had supported the Confederacy. In June 1865, the General Assembly restored voting rights to some of those white men, but the federal government required men who had supported the…
Register of Children of Colored Persons in Augusta County, State of Virginia, whose Parents had ceased to cohabit on 27th February, 1866, which the Father recognizes to be his
After the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation in 1866 to legalize marriages of formerly enslaved men and women and to legitimate their children. In addition to registering couples, Freedmen's Bureau agents also compiled separate registers of…
Register of Colored Persons of Augusta County, State of Virginia, cohabiting together as Husband and Wife on 27th February 1866
After the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation in 1866 to legalize marriages of formerly enslaved men and women, freed couples registered their unions with the Freedmen's Bureau in large numbers. Agents documented their names, ages, names of…
Regulations for the Government of Freedman's Village, Greene Heights, Arlington, Va.
In 1863, Elias M. Greene, chief quartermaster of the military department of Washington, D.C., established a community for some of the many freedpeople who escaped slavery during the Civil War. This broadside printed the regulations for the government…
Republican Ticket
The Republican slate of candidates in 1869 included the current governor Henry Horatio Wells, the current attorney general Thomas Russell Bowden, and an African American physician, Joseph Dennis Harris, for lieutenant governor. In the election, the…
Respite of Virginia Christian granted on July 18, 1912
Respite of Virginia Christian granted on July 18, 1912, by Governor William Mann, delaying execution until August 2, 1912. Mann granted Christian a two week respite in order to see her spiritual advisers.
Respite of Virginia Christian granted on July 26, 1912
Respite of Virginia Christian granted on July 26, 1912 by Governor William Mann, delaying execution until August 16, 1912. The Newport News Daily Press reported on July 25, 1912, that Governor Mann granted the respite after meeting with a committee…
Respite of Virginia Christian granted on June 13, 1912
Respite of Virginia Christian granted on June 12, 1912, by Governor William Mann, delaying execution until July 19, 1912. Mann granted Christian a respite to enable her attorneys to file an amended petition for a writ of error. The Virginia Supreme…
Restraints
Thomas Clarkson was a dedicated abolitionist whose publications on the slave trade helped to raise awareness of the horrors of slavery and the Middle Passage. In his description of this image, Clarkson explained that he purchased these items in a…
Resurrection of Henry Box Brown
Henry Brown, an enslaved man who worked in a tobacco factory and who watched as his wife and children were sold at auction, escaped north by shipping himself in a wooden crate measuring 3 feet long by 2 feet wide and 2 feet deep.