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971. COLSON-HILL FAMILY PAPERS

ca. 100,000 items, 1833-1984
Personal, business, and academic correspondence of this antebellum free black and slave family from Petersburg. Included are letters concerning activities of the underground railroad in Petersburg. This large collection contains the papers of a number of related family members who were all involved in black academic institutions in Virginia. Among the correspondents are William Still, John Henry Hill, and William Henry Johnson.
(Acc. 0065-13)