John Jr. Mitchell (1863–1929)
John Mitchell Jr. was a prominent newspaper editor, politician, banker, and civil rights activist. Born enslaved near Richmond, Mitchell attended the Richmond Colored Normal School and taught for... Find Out More
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- The Manumission of Lucy Brooks and Her Children (1862)
- A Map of Virginia. With a Description of the...
- Margaret Ward Morland (1923–2022)
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- Lucy Randolph Mason (1882–1959)
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- Massive Resistance
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- Mattaponi Tribe
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- McVeigh v. United States (1871)
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- Julian R. Meade (1909–1940)
- Mechanicsville, Battle of
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- Meeting of the Faculty (November 12, 1836)
- Meeting of the Faculty (November 9, 1836)
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- Memorandum List of Tithables (July 16, 1770)
- Memorandum List of Tithables (June 20, 1769)
- Memorandum on an African Colony for Freed Slaves (ca....
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- Military Executions during the Civil War
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- John B. Miller Jr. (fl. 1859−1875)
- Mine Run Campaign
- Shadrach Minkins (d. 1875)
- Charles Minnigerode (1814–1894)
- Diary of John B. Minor (February 28–March 7, 1865)
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- “Miscegenation” by Basil L. Gildersleeve (April 18, 1864)
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- “Miss Johnston’s Virginia” by Thomas Dixon Jr. (November 1900)
- “Miss Mary Johnston: A Suffrage Worker” (June 11, 1911)
- The Mistreatment of Servant Charetie Dallen (1649)
- John Jr. Mitchell (1863–1929)
- “Mob Law.” Staunton Spectator and Vindicator (July 21, 1898)
- Modern Environmental History of Virginia
- Monacan Indian Nation
- Letter from James Monroe to Thomas Jefferson (September 15,...
- Andrew Jackson Montague (1862–1937)
- Monticello
- “Monticello”; an excerpt from The Private Life of Thomas...
- Montpelier, Archaeology at
- Virginia Moore (1903–1993)
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- Morgan v. Commonwealth (June 6, 1945)
- Morgan v. Virginia (1946)
- Morgan v. Virginia (June 3, 1946)
- Peter G. Morgan (1817–1890)
- John Singleton Mosby (1833–1916)
- William P. Moseley (ca. 1819 or 1820–1890)
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- Mourning during the Civil War
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- Mundus novus (1503)
- Mary-Cooke Branch Munford (1865–1938)
- Robert Munford (d. 1783)
- Benjamin Muse (1898–1986)
- Museum of the Confederacy
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- “Mysteries of a Shamble,” New-York Tribune (July 15, 1861)
