198. BARRINGER FAMILY PAPERS
ca. 2,800 items, 1828-1963
Correspondence, essays, and genealogical material of this Albemarle County and North
Carolina family, principally of Paul Brandon
Barringer. Two letters refer to the sale, price, and investment
value of slaves and to the inclusion of slaves as part of a dowry. Numerous
letters, essays, news clippings, and printed monographs by Paul B. Barringer et al. address the "Negro
question." Included are two letters from Booker T.
Washington.
(Acc. 2588, etc.)
