1849 to 1856

FLUVANNA, Virginia

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,...