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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. The Economics of Renting and Selling Enslaved People
    date January 24, 1834 to 1835map BERKELEY, Virginiatags African-Americans, Economy, Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations, Slavery, Women

    Slave master John Lewis was stone dead. He was gone, but his 'property' still lived in western Virginia's Berkeley County. After he died, hiring out a slave named Charity on October 30, 1834 meant 15 in his family's pocket immediately. A remaining 82 was due to them later on account. Other slaves were also rented out. W. Russell paid out a sizable 70 for Pompey's labor, while Joseph Sharry doled out...

  3. A Strange Marriage in Kentucky
    date March 25, 1817map MONTGOMERY, Kentuckytags Women

    It was a marriage of convenience. The problem was that it was not very convenient. During romantic times, the 4'1 Jesse Johnson must have had trouble even kissing his lovely new bride Nancy who stood a modest 6'2. When there were difficulties in the relationship for the Montgomery County, Kentucky pair, Jesse must have hesitated to throw his weight around as he could only muster half of his wife's...

  4. A New Bride's Suicide
    date June 5, 1856 to 1856map WASHINGTON, Virginiatags Health/Death, Women

    The servants thought the new bride, Mrs. Nancy Gray, had simply laid down to rest. Though shutting up the house on a Thursday morning was an unusual step, she had felt indisposed recently and so they thought nothing of it. It was not until the middle of the day, when a serving woman came to ask about dinner, that they realized something was amiss. Nancy Gray was not asleep; she was found in a closet,...

  5. Charleston Women Discuss Support of States Rights
    date January 7, 1833map CHARLESTON, South Carolinatags Economy, Government, Slavery, War, Women

    Women like Laura Margaret Cole Smith of South Carolina were not blind to the implications of politics for the Union as a whole. Upon receiving news of the 1832 Nullification Crisis, Laura wrote to her cousin Camille explaining her opinions on the state of the Union. Smith held steadfastly to her belief in South Carolina's states rights. Although the prospect of war saddened her because her father and...

  6. An Appeal for an Organization Benefiting Freedmen
    date September, 1862map Washington City, District of Columbiatags African-Americans, Health/Death, War, Women

    It was the summer of 1862 and Elizabeth Keckley, a former slave, was walking down the streets of Washington, DC. She stopped when she came across a big festival with music and white women and men dancing together. Upon inquiry, she learned that the festival was a fundraiser for the sick and wounded white soldiers. Immediately, she contemplated the need for an organization that supported the black freedmen...

  7. The Arrest of Senator Clay in the Assasination of Lincoln
    date May 22, 1865 to April 17, 1866map Washington City, District of Columbiatags Crime/Violence, Politics, War, Women

    When Mrs. Virginia Clay, the wife of Senator Clay of Alabama, received news of her husband's arrest, she was immediately enraged. Up to this point in 1865, she had been enjoying the life of a socialite in Washington, DC, while Mr. Clay had taken on the role of Senator for the Confederacy. President Johnson had Clay arrested, alongside Jefferson Davis for allegedly conspiring in the assassination of...

  8. Staunton Convention of 1816: The Tyranny of Eastern Virginia
    date August 19, 1816 to August 24, 1816map AUGUSTA, Virginiatags African-Americans, Politics, Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations, Slavery, Women

    RESOLVED that this meeting will now proceed to elect two fit persons to meet delegates from other counties in this commonwealth at Staunton on the 19th of August next, for the purpose of concerting... judicious means of reforming the representation of the state legislatures, stated the resolution of an Augusta County, Virginia citizens meeting. For the county seat, Staunton, state politics became...

  9. Plantation Women
    date 1825map FELICIANA, Louisianatags Women

    Life on a plantation during the nineteenth century has been dramatized by the movies today to show a picturesque world. In reality, it could be a very harsh world to live in where the profits were not always as high as expected and tragedies often occurred. Caroline Merrick remembered a very early childhood that was fraught with such tragedy. At an early age on a plantation in Louisiana, her mother...

  10. A la Mode
    date May 6, 1851 to 1851map ROCKBRIDGE, Virginiatags Arts/Leisure, Urban-Life/Boosterism, Women

    On May 6, 1951, John P. Lightner of Rockbridge County received a letter from his traveling cousin. The author of the letter was finally able to see what city life was like He described Fifth Street as being packed; everywhere he looked he saw merchants with small stands trying to sell veggies, fowl, and more flowers than one could possibly imagine. That night, he bought tickets for six dollars each,...

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