"In these heartless times": The Experience of Women in Central Virginia
Plantation Letter:The mistress of Edge Hill Plantation reacts to the presence of war near her home
Plantation Letter:
A mother worries about the fate of her son's family as war closes in
Document-Based Question:
Women's reaction to the realities of war
Document-Based Question:
Supporting the cause: war tests women's committment to the Confederacy
African Americans in Central Virginia
Document-Based Question:Slavery Under Stress
Confederate Requisition of Slaves
Document-Based Question:
Slavery Disintegrates
Slave Interview
Document-Based Question:
Free African Americans
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