Race and Place: Slavery and Freedom in Augusta and Franklin Counties

Letters from Augusta County, Virginia

From Maria Perkins to Richard Perkins Maria Perkins, a slave living in Albemarle County, Virginia, writes to her husband Richard, who lives in Augusta County, with the news that she and their children are about to be sold to a trader.

From Travis E. Luckett to J.H. McCue The writer is inquiring about an insurance policy on "a few valuable negroes" he owns.

From J.H. McCue to Mary Carrington J.H. McCue is arranging to hire "Sally, a negro girl belonging to the said Mary Carrington" for one year.

E.H. Wills to J.H. McCue. Mrs. Wills is reporting that "Wilson has run off, and may possibly be about Staunton or somewhere in Augusta."

From J.G. Coleman to J.H. McCue. Jonathan Coleman is writing to his brother-in-law to inform him that "Old York" has run away from McCue's farm and that he wants to live at Coleman's home instead.