Description: Slave Labor on Virginia's Blue Ridge Railroad, Virginia, American Heritage, Pape Between 1849 and 1859, Virginia raced to pierce the Blue Ridge Mountains by rail and reach the Ohio River. At least 300 enslaved people labored involuntarily toward that goal, along with 1,500 Irish immigrants. The state leased the labor of enslaved Virginians from local slaveholders, including four connected with nearby University of Virginia. Blue Ridge Tunnel and Blue Ridge Railroad historian Mary E. Lyons explored hundreds of primary documents to write the first nonfiction book about slave labor on a specific antebellum railroad. She shares hundreds of enslaved people's names, traces where they toiled along the line and describes their backbreaking--and sometimes fatal--tasks.
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Location: Columbia, South Carolina
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Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9781467144902
Book Title: Slave Labor on Virginia's Blue Ridge Railroad
Number of Pages: 160 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Topic: Slavery, Railroads / History
Publication Year: 2020
Item Height: 0.3 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Transportation, Social Science
Item Weight: 0.7 Oz
Author: Mary E. Lyons
Item Length: 9 in
Book Series: American Heritage Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
