Episodes Around: 18321117

  1. Life in the North for Free Blacks
    date January 1, 1831 to December 25, 1833map FAUQUIER, Virginiatags African-Americans, Race-Relations, Slavery

    Mr. James C. Lake placed an ad in the Virginia Herald informing the public in central Virginia that two of his slaves, Reuben and Noah Brooks, had runaway. The advertisement offered a reward for their capture and safe return to his plantation in Fauquier County. Some weeks after placing the ad, Mr. Lake received a letter from Reuben and Noah. They wrote to him, saying that they were currently...

  2. Carey Advocates Liberia as the Solution
    date 1832map PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvaniatags Slavery, American Colonization Society

    Nat Turner's methodical slaying of white civilians in Southampton County, Virginia during August of 1831 caused anxiety and concern for whites throughout the country. Although he was captured within months, his rebellion had unintended consequences. It added fuel to an already growing fire – the movement to send free blacks to Liberia.

    Arguing on behalf of the American...

  3. 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...

  4. Ad in Charleston Mercury Offers Ladies Benefits of an Academy Education
    date November 17, 1832map CHARLESTON, South Carolinatags Arts/Leisure, Education, Urban-Life/Boosterism, Women

    On Saturday, November 17, 1832 an ad appeared in the Charleston Mercury for a "Young Ladies' French and English Academy" which had just opened in Philadelphia. Such ads for girl's academies were not uncommon in the 1830s, for over the span of the early 1800s there was a growing trend for families to send their daughters to one of these schools if they could afford it. The popularity...