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Edmund Ruffin diaries, 1856-1865 1834-1869 1857-1864.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ruffin, Edmund, 1794-1865.
- Series:
- Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 3: The institution of slavery.
- Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 3: The institution of slavery
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ruffin, Edmund, 1794-1865.
- Ruffin, Edmund.
- Plantations--Virginia.
- Plantations.
- Virginia.
- Christianity.
- Slavery.
- Virginia--Social life and customs.
- Manners and customs.
- Beechwood Plantation (Va.).
- Confederate States of America--Politics and government.
- Confederate States of America.
- Marlbourne Plantation (Va.).
- Confederate States of America--Social life and customs.
- South Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- South Carolina.
- History.
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Virginia--Politics and government--1775-1865.
- Politics and government.
- Virginia--Politics and government--1861-1865.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (13 manuscripts; 238 items).
- Other Title:
- Institution of slavery
- Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 3: The institution of slavery.
- Place of Publication:
- 1834-1869
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- Edmund Ruffin's diaries describe the views of a plantation owner, pro-slavery advocate, and a member of the Virginia state legislature. This collection provides a vision of life on Virginia plantations in the years leading up to and during the Civil War.
- Notes:
- Reproduction of the original from the Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.
- Local Notes:
- aImages from the source libraries are selected contents of the original collection materials as representative of their value and pertinence to the digital product.
- OCLC:
- 822973790
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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