From Enslavement to Freedom

Uncover something unique about Arlington’s enslaved population’s transition from enslavement to freedom.

Subject of Research
News article entitled 'Why Lee Freed the Slaves' in the Richmond Virginian, 1913
Source
National Endowment for Humanities - Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Item sets
Arlington County Black Mobility
Media
The Richmond Virginian., February 02, 1913, Image 4.pdf
Subject of Research
News article entitled 'General Lee and the Custis Negroes' in the Staunton Vindicator
Source
National Endowment for Humanities - Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Item sets
Arlington County Black Mobility
Media
Staunton vindicator. [volume], April 13, 1866, Image 2.pdf
Subject of Research
News article about The Civil Rights Bill, 1866
Source
National Endowment for Humanities - Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Item sets
Arlington County Black Mobility
Media
Staunton vindicator. [volume], April 13, 1866, Image 2.pdf
Subject of Research
News reports on a letter discovered from Robert E. Lee freeing slaves at Arlington, dated December 29, 1862.
Source
National Endowment for Humanities - Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Item sets
Arlington County Black Mobility
Media
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume], March 19, 1918, Page PAGE TEN, Image 10.pdf
Richmond planet. [volume], March 23, 1918, Image 11.pdf
Subject of Research
The Arlington Servants, from a collection of letters in the Richmond Dispatch 1894
Source
National Endowment for Humanities - Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Item sets
Arlington County Black Mobility
Media
Richmond dispatch. [volume], August 26, 1894, Page 12, Image 12.pdf
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