Stories, quotes and anecdotes from Appalachia. 1880s-1950s era.

Category: Colonial Era

Rachel Findlay, slave, won her freedom by suing Virginia. Twice.

It was illegal to enslave Native Americans in colonial VA. Rachel Findlay knew that, sued, & won her freedom. But then her life took a turn.

She started singing this hymn in front of the returned children. When Rebecca heard the tune, she recognized it & came running to her mother.

He was the most famous of the keelboatmen, who plied the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers for two decades until displaced by steamboats.

The government proved that Burr raised money & men on Blennerhasset Island. But it couldn’t make anything above a misdemeanor charge stick.

There is a town in Maryland’s westernmost county of Garrett that got its name from a happy accident.

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