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)