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This exploration of Richmond's burial landscape over the past 300 years reveals in illuminating detail how racism and the color line have consistently shaped death, burial, and remembrance in this storied Southern capital. Richmond, Virginia, the former capital of the Confederacy, holds one of the most dramatic landscapes of death in the nation. Its burial grounds show the sweep of Southern history on an epic scale, from the earliest English encounters with the Powhatan at the falls of the James River through slavery, the Civil War, and the long reckoning that followed. And while the region's deathways and burial practices have developed in surprising directions over these centuries, one ele...
Established in 1822, Shockoe Hill Cemetery is the final resting place for many famous and infamous icons of Richmond. The Author charts the history of the celebrated cemetery and brings to life the stories of those buried there.
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Includes Part 1A: Books, Part 1B: Pamphlets, Serials and Contributions to Periodicals and Part 2: Periodicals. (Part 2: Periodicals incorporates Part 2, Volume 41, 1946, New Series)
The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
Rev. Silas Shelburne (1790-1871) was born in Lunenburg County, Virginia, son of Rev. James and Anne Pettus Shelburne. He married Mary H. Stone (1792-1843) in 1814. He later died in Hanover County, Virginia. Descendants lived in Virginia, Texas, California, and elsewhere.