Edmund Ruffin diaries, 1856-1865, 1834-1869

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Ruffin, Edmund, 1794-1865.
Description:	1 online resource (13 manuscripts; 238 items).
Language:	English
Series:	Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive: Part III: The institution of slavery Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive: Part III: The institution of slavery.
Subject:	Ruffin, Edmund, -- 1794-1865. Plantations -- Virginia. Christianity. Slavery. Virginia -- Social life and customs. Beechwood Plantation (Va.) Confederate States of America -- Politics and government. Marlbourne Plantation (Va.) Confederate States of America -- Social life and customs. South Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865. Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
Format:	E-Resource Book
Local Note:	aImages from the source libraries are selected contents of the original collection materials as representative of their value and pertinence to the digital product.
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13265712

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Notes:	Reproduction of the original from the Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.
Summary:	Edmund Ruffin's diaries describe the views of a plantation owner, pro-slavery advocate, and a member of the Virginia state legislature. This collection provides a vision of life on Virginia plantations in the years leading up to and during the Civil War.

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