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229. WILLIAM S. BROWN DIARY

3 items, 1843-46, microfilm (M-640)
The diary of this clerk of the court of King George County contains a December 17, 1843, description of a song and prayer meeting in the slave quarters; a January 17, 1844, mention of the murder of one slave by another; an April 12, 1845, record of an attack on Captain John S. Washington by a black man; and a November 1, 1845, mention of the will of N. H. Hove that freed his slaves and sent them to Africa.
(Acc. 4492)