Episodes Located: FLUVANNA, Virginia in the 1840's

  1. Bettie V. Jones, Fugitive Slaves, and the Methodist Revival
    date 1849 to 1856map FLUVANNA, Virginiatags Church/Religious-Activity, Government, Law, Politics, Race-Relations, Slavery

    During the mid-nineteenth century beginning in the year 1850, a period of intense religious revival known as the Third Great Awakening took root in the United States. The movement was a period of intense religious activism that trickled down from northern, urban cities and affected Protestant denominations with a heightened sense of social activism. Bettie V. Jones, a resident of Fluvanna County,...

  2. Jacob Enders Buries a Slave Child
    date 1845map FLUVANNA, Virginiatags African-Americans, Health/Death, Race-Relations, Slavery

    In 1845 Jacob Enders, an undertaker employed by Dr. Marcus B. Buck of Fluvanna County, Virginia, constructed a coffin, dug a grave, and buried an African American child for the total fee of two dollars and seventy-five cents. This receipt of service is included in a collection of other receipts and letters; a doctor's bill from one John Thomson, dated December 29, 1840 and a letter from Buck's wife...