In this excerpt from the History of the University of Virginia, a five-volume work published from 1920 until 1922, Philip Alexander Bruce discusses how the school‘s dormitory system worked, how enslaved men and women were a critical part of the labor force, and the dangers of disease.
In this excerpt from the History of the University of Virginia, a five-volumn work published from 1920 until 1922, Philip Alexander Bruce describes the Union occupation of the university and nearby Charlottesville near the end of the American Civil War (1861–1865).
In "The Negro and the Criminal Law," chapter 6 of The Plantation Negro as Freeman: Observations on His Character, Condition, and Prospects in Virginia, published in 1889, the historian Philip Alexander Bruce defends lynching argues that African Americans are inherently prone to criminality.
