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423. KENT-HUNTER FAMILY PAPERS

ca. 350 items, 1823-1919, microfilm (M-608)
Papers of Robert M. Kent of Louisa Court House and the Hunter, Thompson, and Lane families of Louisa County. Three letters, 1851 and 1853, to Robert M. Kent from William H. Starr of the American Colonization Society discuss the emigration of ex-slaves to Liberia. Among the correspondence of the Thompson family, 1823-51, are letters describing the selling of slaves.
(Acc. 4165)