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Colored Freemen as Slave Owners in Virginia

By John Henderson Russell
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By John Henderson Russell
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Was it commonplace for free Blacks to own slaves in Virginia, prior to 1865? Professor John Henderson Russell (born 1884) has surprising answers in his short 12-page work titled "Colored Freemen as Slave Owners in Virginia," first published in 1916.

In describing one motive for freed slaves to purchase other slaves, Russell writes:

"During the last quarter of the eighteenth century slaveowners in Virginia possessed unrestricted powers to bestow freedom upon their slaves. Under such circumstan...

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