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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.)