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236. JOHN BUFORD PAPERS
ca. 1,000 items, ca. 1840-60 ,
microfilm (M-2188)
Business, legal, and personal papers of this Bedford County businessman who was engaged in
building the Virginia-Tennessee Railroad in 1851-60. Check rolls of the company contain information on
hired black gangs; there are also individual receipts for the hiring of
slaves to work on the railroad and a July 15,
1851, letter from Ro. Mitchell to Buford about the work of some of the blacks.
Documents dated November 27, 1861, record
that two free blacks, found guilty of a crime (not stated), were sold and
purchased by Buford.
(Acc. 9782)
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