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HANOVER, Virginia in the 1820s: 1 through 4 of 4

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  1. The American Coloinzation Society: An American Cause
    date 1819map HANOVER, Virginiatags African-Americans, Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations

    In the early nineteenth century, the country was concerned with slavery in America and getting rid of it in a timely manner with as little consequences as possible. In order to help this concern, The American Colonization Society was founded in 1817. Border States such as Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia had the most chapters because of their locations and ideas about slavery. In Virginia, many prominent...

  2. Family Values in the Old South
    date January 13, 1820map HANOVER, Virginiatags Women

    In a letter to her father, Louisiana Cocke wrote that she missed him and was looking forward to his return. Louisiana wrote, I begin to be quite impatient for your return, as I am anxious to return to my studies... This demonstrates the close relationship of General Cocke and his daughter. He also apparently, served as her tutor while he was home. Families in the antebellum South were close- knit structures,...

  3. Van Buren and Reservation in the South
    date 1820map HANOVER, Virginiatags Politics

    Martin Van Buren, a Democrat from New York and Vice President to Southerner Andrew Jackson was a questionable figure in the nineteenth- century South. His motives and ideas were unclear and not exactly in-line with everything that the South stood for during this time. He voted for Free Negro Suffrage; the South could not place a finger on the reasons behind his vote, resulting in an unstable opinion...

  4. Marriage as an Institution in the Antebellum South
    date 1825map HANOVER, Virginiatags Church/Religious-Activity, Women

    Helen Lane and Arthur S. Johns requested the presence of John Ambler and his family to their Tuesday morning wedding in the area of Louisa and Hanover counties. The bride's family sent out the invitation and they requested that the Ambler family attend the wedding. The ceremony was scheduled for Tuesday morning at nine am. Weddings traditionally took place within the community and then the couple...