Papers, 1755-1919; (bulk 1840-1889).

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Papers, 1755-1919; (bulk 1840-1889).

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Correspondence and legal and other papers of Kilby and of his son, Wilbur John Kilby, both lawyers, of Suffolk, Va., and of members of the Riddick family. The bulk of the collection concerns such legal activities of the Kilbys as administration of estates, collection of bills, and adjustments of property. Other subjects include genealogical information; the case of Harriett Whitehead, whose mind was impaired by the loss of her family in the Nat Turner Insurrection (1831); freedom for slaves, with references to the work of the American Colonization Society and to life and conditions in Liberia; Richard H. Riddick merchant of Pantego, N.C., and agent of the Albemarle Swamp Land Co.; pro-Civil War activities of the Methodist Episcopal Church; the Suffolk cholera epidemic (1849); the Panic of 1857 and the Pike's Peak gold rush in 1859; action around Fredericksburg and Shepherdstown during the Civil War; Afro-American soldiers in Charleston, S.C.; Nansemond Co., Va., local politics, especially during W.J. Kilby's career; and the Negro Reformatory Association of Virginia.

39,504 items.

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6985756

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Negro Reformatory Association of Virginia

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Methodist Episcopal Church

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The Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in the U.S. in 1784. The first general conference was held in 1792 and the constitution was adopted in 1900. In 1939 the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Protestant Church united to form the Methodist Church (U.S.). From the description of Methodist Episcopal Church records, 1791-1945. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122455885 From the guide to the Methodist Episcopal Church records, 1791-1945, (The New ...

Riddick, Richard H.

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Albemarle Swamp Land Company

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Kilby, John Richardson, 1819-1878.

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Riddick family.

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Whitehead, Harriett.

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American colonization society

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The American Colonization Society was founded in 1817 in Washington, D.C. for the purpose of transporting freeborn and emancipated American blacks to Africa and helping them start a new life there. From the description of List of emigrants for Liberia, 1867 Nov. 17. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32144821 The American Colonization Society was an organization dedicated to transporting freeborn blacks and emancipated slaves to Africa, to what is n...

Kilby, Wilbur John, 1850-1907.

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