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Southern Claims Commission in Virginia, The
The Southern Claims Commission was created by Congress on March 3, 1871, to compensate southern Unionists for property appropriated by the Union army during... Find Out More
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A Poet on Pierce Street
In Season 3, Episode 6, of Not Even Past, host Brendan Wolfe travels to...
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Carter, James B. (ca. 1816–1870)
James B. Carter served as a member of the Convention of 1867–1868. Born into slavery, probably in Chesterfield County and of mixed-race ancestry, he possibly escaped bondage during the American Civil War...
