Slave Labor on Virginia's Blue Ridge Railroad
Lyons, Mary E.
9781540242570
ISBN 13: 9781540242570
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Slave Labor on Virginia’s Blue Ridge Railroad

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Between 1849 and 1859, Virginia raced to pierce the Blue Ridge Mountains by rail and reach the Ohio River. At least 300 enslaved people labored involuntarily toward that goal, along with 1,500 Irish immigrants. The state leased the labor of enslaved Virgi
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