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The first slaves were imported into Virginia in 1619. Slaves were emancipated in 1865. The Official Tourism Website of the Commonwealth of Virginia has prepared a nice history of [http://www.virginia.org/africanamericansinvirginia/ African-Americans in Virginia].<br> | The first slaves were imported into Virginia in 1619. Slaves were emancipated in 1865. The Official Tourism Website of the Commonwealth of Virginia has prepared a nice history of [http://www.virginia.org/africanamericansinvirginia/ African-Americans in Virginia].<br> | ||
Number of slaves in Virginia: | Number of slaves in Virginia (including modern-day West Virginia and part of the District of Columbia): | ||
*'''1830''': 469,757 | *'''1790''': 287,959 (VA) | ||
*'''1840''': 449,087 | *'''1800''': 338,624 (VA) | ||
*'''1860''': 490,865<ref>William O. Lynch, "The Westward Flow of Southern Colonists before 1861," ''The Journal of Southern History,'' Vol. 9, No. 3 (Aug. 1943):325. Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2191319 JSTOR] ($).</ref> | *'''1810''': 381,680 (VA) | ||
*'''1820''': 410,029 (VA) | |||
*'''1830''': 452,084 (VA) 469,757 | |||
*'''1840''': 430,499 (VA) 449,087 | |||
*'''1850''': 452,028 (VA) | |||
*'''1860''': 472,494 (VA) 490,865<ref>William O. Lynch, "The Westward Flow of Southern Colonists before 1861," ''The Journal of Southern History,'' Vol. 9, No. 3 (Aug. 1943):325. Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2191319 JSTOR] ($).</ref> | |||
PBS's interactive [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/index.html Reconstruction: The Second Civil War] discusses what life was like for freed slaves and their descendants in the nineteenth century. | PBS's interactive [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/index.html Reconstruction: The Second Civil War] discusses what life was like for freed slaves and their descendants in the nineteenth century. | ||
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*Finkelman, Paul. ''State Slavery Statutes: Guide to the Microfiche Collection.'' Frederick, Md.: University Publications of America, 1989. {{FHL|744709|item|disp=FHL Book 975 F23s}}. Pages 317-56 pertain to Virginia and cover the years 1789-1865. The advertisements are indexed. The records list the names of many slaves and slave owners. | *Finkelman, Paul. ''State Slavery Statutes: Guide to the Microfiche Collection.'' Frederick, Md.: University Publications of America, 1989. {{FHL|744709|item|disp=FHL Book 975 F23s}}. Pages 317-56 pertain to Virginia and cover the years 1789-1865. The advertisements are indexed. The records list the names of many slaves and slave owners. | ||
[http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/gos/laws.html The Geography of Slavery in Virginia] includes a list of Virginia slave laws, references to slaves in the House of Burgesses Journals, and other documents. | [http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/gos/laws.html The Geography of Slavery in Virginia] includes a list of Virginia slave laws, references to slaves in the House of Burgesses Journals, and other documents. | ||
== Records == | == Records == | ||