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“We Helped Them Escape Whenever We Could”: Southern Claims Commission Records Reveal a Free Black Petersburg Family’s Civil War Experience, Part II

by Tim Talbott

Posted on May 16, 2024

“We Helped Them Escape Whenever We Could”: Southern Claims Commission Records Reveal a Free Black Petersburg Family’s Civil War Experience, Part I

by Tim Talbott

Posted on May 16, 2024