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211. THOMAS S. BOCOCK PAPERS
ca. 300 items, 1760-1897
Correspondence, financial and legal papers, ledgers, and speeches of
Bocock and the Bocock, Thornhill, Christian, Stephens, Flood, Patteson, and
Diuguid families of Buckingham and Appomattox counties.
Among the subjects discussed are slavery, abolition, the antebellum South,
and the use of slaves on military fortifications. Included is a minute book
of the New Hope Baptist Church, Augusta County,
with many references to blacks.
(Acc. 10612)
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