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The Confessions Of Nat Turner

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William Styron
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Book, 1st Vintage international ed, Vintage Books, 1992
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Turner, Nat, · 1800?-1831 · Fiction · Southampton Insurrection, 1831 · Slave insurrections · African American men · African Americans · Slaves · Virginia · History · 1775-1865 · Styron, William, 1925-2006
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS3569.T9 C6 1992 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS3569.T9 C6 1992	AVAILABLE

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A Land As God Made It : Jamestown And The Birth Of America

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James Horn
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Book, Basic Books, 2005
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Jamestown -the first permanent English settlement in North America, after the disappearance of the Roanoke colony-is often given short shrift in histories of America. But as historian James Horn points out, many of the key tensions of Jamestown’s early years became central to American history, for good and for ill: Jamestown introduced slavery into English-speaking North America; (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Jamestown (Va.) · History · Virginia · Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 · Horn, James P. P
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(LOWER LEVEL) F234.J3 H66 2005 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	F234.J3 H66 2005	AVAILABLE

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Sir William Berkeley And The Forging Of Colonial Virginia

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Warren M. Billings
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Book, Louisiana State University Press, 2004
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Sir William Berkeley (1605?1677) influenced colonial Virginia more than any other man of his era. The most serious challenge to royal authority in the colonies before the American Revolution, it prompted tighter control of Virginia from London and Berkeley?s return to England in disgrace. Drawing on an unrivaled knowledge of Berkeley?s papers, many never examined before, Billings depicts Berkeley as a self-made Virginian, a man who sought new opportunities in America and was so swayed by his experiences that Virginia soon gave greater definition to his life and personality than had England. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Berkeley, William, · Sir, · 1608-1677 · Governors · Virginia · Biography · History · Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 · Billings, Warren M., 1940-
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(LOWER LEVEL) F229.B53 B55 2004 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	F229.B53 B55 2004	AVAILABLE

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Bound For America : The Transportation Of British Convicts To The Colonies, 1718-1775

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A. Roger Ekirch
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Book, Clarendon Press, 1987
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From 1718 to 1775, British courts banished 50,000 convicts to America–the largest body of immigrants, aside from African slaves, ever sent across the Atlantic–in hopes of restoring social peace at home without posing the threat to traditional freedoms raised by the death penalty or a harsh corrective system. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Penal colonies · Great Britain · Colonies · History · 18th century · Maryland · 18th century · Virginia · Criminal justice, Administration of · Ekirch, A. Roger, 1950-
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(LOWER LEVEL) HV8950.M38 E55 1987 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	HV8950.M38 E55 1987	AVAILABLE

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The First Emancipator : The Forgotten Story Of Robert Carter, The Founding Father Who Freed His Slaves

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Andrew Levy
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Book, 1st ed, Random House, 2005
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Robert Carter III, the grandson of Tidewater legend Robert ?King? In a document he called his Deed of Gift, Carter declared his intent to set free nearly five hundred slaves in the largest single act of liberation in the history of American slavery before the Emancipation Proclamation. In an era of empty Anglican piety, Carter experienced a feverish religious visionthat impelled him to help build a church where blacks and whites were equals. As the war ended and his fortunes declined, Carter dedicated himself even more fiercely to liberty, clashing repeatedly with his neighbors, his friends, government officials, and, most poignantly, his own family. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Carter, Robert, · 1728-1804 · Plantation owners · Virginia · Biography · Slaveholders · Gentry · Revolutionaries · United States · Slaves · Emancipation · Slavery · History · 18th century · Case studies · Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 · Revolution, 1775-1783 · Levy, Andrew, 1962-
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(LOWER LEVEL) F229.C34 L48 2005 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	F229.C34 L48 2005	AVAILABLE

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The Search For Belle Prater

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Ruth White
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Book, 1st ed, Farrar Straus Giroux, 2005
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The sequel to the beloved Newbery Honor Book, Belle Prater’s BoySince Belle Prater inexplicably disappeared about a year ago, her son, Woodrow, and his cousin Gypsy have been searching for answers. Once again, Woodrow realizes that perhaps even worse than not knowing where she is, is not understanding why his mama would leave him.How Woodrow, Gypsy, and Cassie come to understand the truth, and Woodrow eventually finds Belle, fills this oftrequested sequel to Belle Prater’s Boy with magic and suspense. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Abandoned children · Juvenile fiction · Cousins · Family · Virginia · History · 20th century · White, Ruth, 1942-
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CHILD LIT (LOWER) 804 W5872se AVAILABLE

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CHILD LIT (LOWER)	804 W5872se	AVAILABLE

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Israel On The Appomattox : A Southern Experiment In Black Freedom From 1790s Through The Civil War

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Melvin Patrick Ely
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Book, 1st ed, Knopf, 2004
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Thomas Jefferson condemned slavery but denied that whites and liberated blacks could live together in harmony. Melvin Patrick Ely captures a series of remarkable personal and public dramas: free black and white people do business with one another, sue each other, work side by side for equal wages, join forces to found a Baptist congregation, move West together, and occasionally settle down as man and wife. He shows us an Old South we hardly know, where ties of culture, faith, affection, and economic interest crossed racial barriers?a society in which, ironically, many whites felt secure enough to deal fairly and even cordially with free African Americans partly because slavery still held most blacks firmly in its grip. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Randolph, Richard, · 1770-1796 · White family · Free African Americans · Virginia · Prince Edward County · History · 19th century · Social conditions · Land grants · Biography · Prince Edward County (Va.) · Race relations · Ely, Melvin Patrick
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(LOWER LEVEL) F232.P83 E49 2004 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	F232.P83 E49 2004	AVAILABLE

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Lee & Grant : Profiles In Leadership From The Battlefields Of Virginia

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Charles R. Bowery, Jr
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Book, American Management Association, 2005
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Their actions in the Overland Campaign define the qualities that made them exceptional leaders — qualities just as relevant in modern business settings.Filled with riveting battlefield scenes, Lee & Grant showcases the generals’ legendary skills and illustrates the crucial value of:* persistence: Lee’s ability to hold Grant at bay prolonged the survival of the Confederacy.* distinguishing between reverse and defeat: Grant’s knack for leveraging tactical defeats toward larger objectives made even Lee admit that Union victory was “a mere question of time.”* forming and disseminating a vision, then synchronizing and orchestrating its execution across an entire organization. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Grant, Ulysses S. · (Ulysses Simpson), · 1822-1885 · Military leadership · Lee, Robert E. · (Robert Edward), · 1807-1870 · Military leadership · Command of troops · History · 19th century · Virginia · Civil War, 1861-1865 · Campaigns · United States · Bowery, Charles R
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(LOWER LEVEL) E470.2 .B77 2005 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E470.2 .B77 2005	AVAILABLE

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Trace

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Patricia Cornwell
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Book, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2004
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The heart-stopping new Dr. Kay Scarpetta thriller from America’s #1-bestselling crime writer. In Trace, Scarpetta travels to Richmond, Virginia, at the odd behest of the recently appointed Chief Medical Examiner, who claims that he needs her help to solve a perplexing crime. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Scarpetta, Kay (Fictitious character) · Fiction · Teenage girls · Crimes against · Forensic pathologists · Women physicians · Virginia · Cornwell, Patricia Daniels
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS3553.O692 T73 2004 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS3553.O692 T73 2004	AVAILABLE

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Or Give Me Death : A Novel Of Patrick Henry’s Family

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Ann Rinaldi
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Book, 1st ed, Harcourt, 2003
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Sarah Henry, wife of the famous statesman Patrick Henry, is losing her mind, and she’s secretly being kept in the cellar because she is a danger to herself and her children. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Henry, Patrick, · 1736-1799 · Family · Juvenile fiction · Rinaldi, Ann
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CHILD LIT (LOWER) 804 R577g AVAILABLE

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CHILD LIT (LOWER)	804 R577g	AVAILABLE

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Washington’s Gardens At Mount Vernon : Landscape Of The Inner Man

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Mac Griswold ; photography by Roger Foley
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Book, Houghton Mifflin Co, 1999
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For gardeners and readers of early American history, here is the first book to document the unknown George Washington — landscaper, farmer, and gardener of Mount Vernon. Remarkably, the George Washington who spent forty-five years designing and planting the gardens at Mount Vernon is virtually unknown today, hidden behind the icon of the first president’s frozen dignity. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Washington, George, · 1732-1799 · Contributions in gardening · Homes and haunts · Virginia · Fairfax County · Pictorial works · Gardening · History · 18th century · Mount Vernon Gardens (Va.) · Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate) · Griswold, Mac K
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OVERSIZE (UPPER) E312.5 .G83 1999 AVAILABLE

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OVERSIZE (UPPER)	E312.5 .G83 1999	AVAILABLE

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Off To Fight

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by Alan N. Kay
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Book, White Mane Kids, 2002
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Disgusted by the violence of the John Brown raid, George Adams adopts the state of Virginia and its cause as his own. Meanwhile, in an attempt to gain friends and acceptance, George joins a gang and signs up for war at the age of 13. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Virginia · History · Civil War, 1861-1865 · Juvenile fiction · Kay, Alan N., 1965-
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CHILD LIT (LOWER) 804 K231o AVAILABLE

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CHILD LIT (LOWER)	804 K231o	AVAILABLE

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Breaking The Backcountry : The Seven Years’ War In Virginia And Pennsylvania, 1754-1765

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Matthew C. Ward
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Book, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2003
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United States · History · French and Indian War, 1755-1763 · Pennsylvania · Virginia · Ward, Matthew C
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(LOWER LEVEL) E199 .W236 2003 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E199 .W236 2003	AVAILABLE

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The Dogs Of Babel

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Carolyn Parkhurst
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Book, 1st ed, Little, Brown, 2003
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When his wife dies in a fall from a tree in their backyard, linguist Paul Iverson is wild with despair. So begins Paul’s fantastic and even perilous search for the truth, as he abandons his everyday life to embark on a series of experiments designed to teach his dog Lorelei to communicate. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Widowers · Fiction · Accident victims · Witnesses · Grief · Dogs · New Orleans (La.) · Virginia · Parkhurst, Carolyn, 1971-
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS3616.A754 D6 2003 DUE 12-04-09

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS3616.A754 D6 2003	DUE 12-04-09

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The Known World

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Edward P. Jones
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Book, 1st ed, Amistad, 2003
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Beyond the Townsend estate, the known world also unravels: low-paid white patrollers stand watch as slave “speculators” sell free black people into slavery, and rumors of slave rebellions set white families against slaves who have served them for years. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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African American plantation owners · Fiction · African American slaveholders · Plantation life · Slavery · Slaves · Virginia · Jones, Edward P
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS3560.O4813 K58 2003 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS3560.O4813 K58 2003	AVAILABLE

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