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AUGUSTA, Virginia in the 1830s: 1 through 6 of 6

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  1. Augusta County, Nat Turner, and Abolition
    date 1831map AUGUSTA, Virginiatags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Politics, Race-Relations, Slavery, Women

    In 1831, the news of Nat Turner's rebellion provoked a seemingly unexpected response from women in Augusta County, Virginia: a call for abolition. While the women called their actions unexampled, and they felt all the timidity incident to our sex in entering the sphere of politics, they worried that the revolt was but a partial execution of a widely projected scheme of carnage. They could not hide...

  2. Mr. Clay comes to Staunton, Virginia
    date July 27, 1832 to November, 1832map AUGUSTA, Virginiatags Government, Politics, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    Augusta County, Virginia was clearly Whig Country come the election of 1832. The Annals of Augusta County, a historical record, speaks of an imposing and influential political convention in 1832. Attended by people from all over the State, the delegates called themselves National Republicans and adopted resolutions which called for Henry Clay for president. Four years earlier, the Staunton Spectator...

  3. Blackburn's Emancipation
    date March 2, 1835map AUGUSTA, Virginiatags Church/Religious-Activity, Health/Death, Economy, Government, Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations, Slavery

    General Samuel Blackburn, a lawyer, general in the militia, prominent and popular resident of Augusta County, died on March 2, 1835. While this would be of note in itself, of special interest is that in his will, according to the Annals of Augusta County, General Blackburn liberated his forty slaves on the condition that they would immigrate to Liberia. Their trip was paid by his estate. No mention...

  4. Uncle Tom
    date 1830 to 1840map AUGUSTA, Virginiatags African-Americans, Arts/Leisure, Race-Relations, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    At some point in the early 1830's-all the author knows is before 1840-the Annals of Augusta County, a county historical record, relate the death of a free black man who lived in Staunton, Virginia. Tom Evans was his name-or Uncle Tom as he was called. Mr. Evans had been, at one point, the body servant of a Major Willis and had served with his master in the Revolutionary War. He had lived in Staunton...

  5. A Desperate Plea to the Whigs of Virginia
    date October 6, 1836map AUGUSTA, Virginiatags Economy, Government, Politics, Slavery

    The nomination of a candidate for president proved to be a trying issue in Augusta County in 1836. The South was weakened by growing factionalism. It was divided between Southern Democrats in favor of Martin Van Buren and Southern Whigs in favor of William H. Harrison. An anonymous Whig within the vicinity of Augusta County published an earnest appeal in the Staunton Spectator to his fellow Whigs in...

  6. Institution of the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind School
    date October 10, 1839map AUGUSTA, Virginiatags Economy, Politics, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    An article in the Staunton Spectator informed its readers that the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind School would open for admission in November of 1840. It was located in Staunton, Virginia. The article further informed its readers of the logistical information it had acquired regarding the new institution. Annual tuition would be 120. The School also required that each pupil enroll for a minimum of two years....