Middleburg va war hospital
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Absentee landlords, all from Stafford and Westmoreland counties, own about 70 percent of the slaves. October 1742: John Colvill’s “Negro Quarter” near the mouth of Quarter Branch and the Potomac is the first mention in print of a slave population.ġ749: An Anglican minister, the Reverend Charles Green’s census of lands to become Loudoun records about 400 “ Negros,”about 22 percent of a total population of some 1,800. After clearing land they plant corn, wheat, and tobacco, the main crops in colonial times.Įarly 1730s: Slaves comprise more than half of the early settlers, as absentee landlords settle them in “Negro Quarters” run by a white overseer. One overseer superintends fewer than a dozen slaves.
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A Chronological View of Events:ġ709-1720s: The initial settlers populate their grants of land with slaves and white overseers.
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See also the Loudoun History timeline on this site, the African American history and education resources of Loudoun at the Friends of the Balch Library web site, and the Edwin Washington Project : Documenting Segregated Schools of Loudoun County. Note: New entries from The History of the County Courthouse and Its Role in the Path to Freedom, Justice and Racial Equality in Loudoun County, Report of the Loudoun County Heritage Commission 2019 have been added to this timeline. Timeline of Important Events in African American History in Loudoun County, VirginiaĪnd the Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, Virginia