Slave Labor on Virginia's Blue Ridge Railroad
In: American Heritage
Intro -- Half Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. 1849-50 -- In the Heat of the Summer -- A Prejudice against Railroads -- 2. 1851-52 -- The Force Employed -- Debts Incurred for the Hire of Negroes -- 3. 1853 -- Rented Like a Horse -- Section Sixteen -- Economy of Progress -- 4. 1854 -- Masters of Their Masters -- Blanket and Hat -- Poor Fellows -- I Had Him Buried -- Mysterious Disease -- 5. 1855-56 -- I Regret That We Did Not Hire Negroes -- Wade in Blood -- Cruel and Brutal Acts -- 6. 1857-58 -- For the Board of Negroes -- Fatal Consequences -- 7. 1859-65 -- Ball of Fire -- Run Off to the Enemy -- 8. 1866-95 -- Alike as Two Peas -- Servile Insurrection -- 9. 1939-2008 -- I'll Tell You Straight -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1. Transcript of Farrow-Hansbrough Contract -- Appendix 2. Williams Obituaries -- Appendix 3. Sections, Contractors and Labor Force -- Appendix 4. Names of Enslaved Laborers -- Notes -- About the Author.