“…they could be sent away from the state…”
“Surviving War and the Underground: Richmond Free Blacks and Criminal Networks during the Civil War,” Carey H. Latimore, The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 117, No. 1 (2009), p. 5.
“…a three-year contract…”
“Surviving War and the Underground: Richmond Free Blacks and Criminal Networks during the Civil War,” Carey H. Latimore, The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 117, No. 1 (2009), p. 6.
“…Nat Turner…”
“Surviving War and the Underground: Richmond Free Blacks and Criminal Networks during the Civil War,” Carey H. Latimore, The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 117, No. 1 (2009), p. 5.
“…a signal in the sky…”
Greenberg, K. S. (2004). Nat Turner: A slave rebellion in history and memory. Oxford, NY: Oxford University Press, p. 51.
“…or the inland sea…”
A version of this map is included in “Surviving War and the Underground: Richmond Free Blacks and Criminal Networks during the Civil War,” Carey H. Latimore, The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 117, No. 1 (2009).
The Richmond Dispatch (Richmond, VA), May 19, 1854, p. 2.
“…Thomas…”
The Richmond Dispatch (Richmond, VA), March 1, 1854, p. 2.
“…Edward…”
The Richmond Dispatch (Richmond, VA), May 1, 1854, p. 2.
“…Malinda…”
The Richmond Dispatch (Richmond, VA), May 10, 1854, p. 2.
“…John Hill…”
The Richmond Dispatch (Richmond, VA), June 6, 1854, p. 2.
“…Amanda…”
The Richmond Dispatch (Richmond, VA), April 1, 1854, p. 2.