Labor and landownership in Halifax County, Virginia, 1865-1880

Jones, Susannah Hopkins

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Author

Jones, Susannah Hopkins, Corcoran Department of History, University of Virginia

Advisors

Gaston, Paul M. , Department of History , University of Virginia

Abstract

This study of Halifax County, in the heart of the Virginia bright tobacco region, provides a glimpse of the change from slavery to sharecropping, the fate of the wealthy landed class, and the role of rural merchants between 1865 and 1880. 

Degree

MA (Master of Arts)

Keywords

Land tenure -- Virginia -- Halifax County; African Americans -- Employment -- Virginia -- Halifax County; Halifax County (Va.) -- Economic conditions

Notes

Digitization of this thesis was made possible by a generous grant from the Jefferson Trust, 2015.

Language

English

Rights

Issued Date

1980-05-01

Persistent Link

https://doi.org/10.18130/V3X347

Suggested Citation

Jones, Susannah Hopkins. Labor and landownership in Halifax County, Virginia, 1865-1880. University of Virginia, Corcoran Department of History, MA (Master of Arts), 1980-05-01, https://doi.org/10.18130/V3X347.

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