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During the Civil War, in Virginia the slave trade continued with surprising vigor until the war’s end. Masters and slave traders adapted to a declining long-distance trade and to the chaos of war by buying and selling in new areas and according to new economic and social rationales emerging from the conflict. The continuance of the slave trade suggests not only slavery’s continuing viability in Civil War Virginia, but also the deep connection between the survival of the institution and of the trade. For the enslaved, masters’ adjusted trading patterns often meant separation from family and community even as freedom beckoned, demonstrating slavery’s continued wartime power. The slave trade thus shaped the experiences of all involved in slavery until the end war’s end. Summer 2015 2015 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Chapel Hill, NC Colby_unc_0153M_15632.pdf http://dissertations.umi.com/unc:15632 American history Civil War, Slavery, Slave Trade, Virginia eng Master of Arts Thesis University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Degree grantor History Harry Watson Thesis advisor William Barney Thesis advisor Thavolia Glymph Thesis advisor text electronic application/pdf 98 There are no restrictions to this item. Robert Colby Creator Department of History College of Arts and Sciences The Continuance of an Unholy Traffic: The Virginia Slave Trade During the Civil War During the nineteenth century, slave traders conveyed nearly one million enslaved persons from the Upper to the Lower South and as many more between masters locally. During the Civil War, in Virginia the slave trade continued with surprising vigor until the war’s end. Masters and slave traders adapted to a declining long-distance trade and to the chaos of war by buying and selling in new areas and according to new economic and social rationales emerging from the conflict. The continuance of the slave trade suggests not only slavery’s continuing viability in Civil War Virginia, but also the deep connection between the survival of the institution and of the trade. For the enslaved, masters’ adjusted trading patterns often meant separation from family and community even as freedom beckoned, demonstrating slavery’s continued wartime power. The slave trade thus shaped the experiences of all involved in slavery until the end war’s end. Summer 2015 2015 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Chapel Hill, NC Colby_unc_0153M_15632.pdf http://dissertations.umi.com/unc:15632 American history Civil War, Slavery, Slave Trade, Virginia eng Master of Arts Thesis University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Degree granting institution History Harry Watson Thesis advisor William Barney Thesis advisor Thavolia Glymph Thesis advisor text application/pdf There are no restrictions to this item. Robert Colby Creator Department of History College of Arts and Sciences The Continuance of an Unholy Traffic: The Virginia Slave Trade During the Civil War During the nineteenth century, slave traders conveyed nearly one million enslaved persons from the Upper to the Lower South and as many more between masters locally. During the Civil War, in Virginia the slave trade continued with surprising vigor until the war’s end. Masters and slave traders adapted to a declining long-distance trade and to the chaos of war by buying and selling in new areas and according to new economic and social rationales emerging from the conflict. The continuance of the slave trade suggests not only slavery’s continuing viability in Civil War Virginia, but also the deep connection between the survival of the institution and of the trade. For the enslaved, masters’ adjusted trading patterns often meant separation from family and community even as freedom beckoned, demonstrating slavery’s continued wartime power. The slave trade thus shaped the experiences of all involved in slavery until the end war’s end. Summer 2015 2015 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Chapel Hill, NC Colby_unc_0153M_15632.pdf http://dissertations.umi.com/unc:15632 American history Civil War, Slavery, Slave Trade, Virginia eng Master of Arts Thesis University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Degree granting institution History Harry Watson Thesis advisor William Barney Thesis advisor Thavolia Glymph Thesis advisor text application/pdf There are no restrictions to this item. Robert Colby Creator Department of History College of Arts and Sciences The Continuance of an Unholy Traffic: The Virginia Slave Trade During the Civil War During the nineteenth century, slave traders conveyed nearly one million enslaved persons from the Upper to the Lower South and as many more between masters locally. During the Civil War, in Virginia the slave trade continued with surprising vigor until the war’s end. Masters and slave traders adapted to a declining long-distance trade and to the chaos of war by buying and selling in new areas and according to new economic and social rationales emerging from the conflict. The continuance of the slave trade suggests not only slavery’s continuing viability in Civil War Virginia, but also the deep connection between the survival of the institution and of the trade. For the enslaved, masters’ adjusted trading patterns often meant separation from family and community even as freedom beckoned, demonstrating slavery’s continued wartime power. The slave trade thus shaped the experiences of all involved in slavery until the end war’s end. Summer 2015 2015 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Chapel Hill, NC Colby_unc_0153M_15632.pdf American history Civil War, Slavery, Slave Trade, Virginia eng Master of Arts Thesis University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Degree granting institution History Harry Watson Thesis advisor William Barney Thesis advisor Thavolia Glymph Thesis advisor text There are no restrictions to this item. Robert Colby Creator Department of History College of Arts and Sciences The Continuance of an Unholy Traffic: The Virginia Slave Trade During the Civil War During the nineteenth century, slave traders conveyed nearly one million enslaved persons from the Upper to the Lower South and as many more between masters locally. During the Civil War, in Virginia the slave trade continued with surprising vigor until the war’s end. Masters and slave traders adapted to a declining long-distance trade and to the chaos of war by buying and selling in new areas and according to new economic and social rationales emerging from the conflict. The continuance of the slave trade suggests not only slavery’s continuing viability in Civil War Virginia, but also the deep connection between the survival of the institution and of the trade. For the enslaved, masters’ adjusted trading patterns often meant separation from family and community even as freedom beckoned, demonstrating slavery’s continued wartime power. The slave trade thus shaped the experiences of all involved in slavery until the end war’s end. 2015-08 2015 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Chapel Hill, NC Colby_unc_0153M_15632.pdf American history Civil War, Slavery, Slave Trade, Virginia eng Master of Arts Masters Thesis University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Degree granting institution History Harry Watson Thesis advisor William Barney Thesis advisor Thavolia Glymph Thesis advisor text There are no restrictions to this item. Robert Colby Creator Department of History College of Arts and Sciences The Continuance of an Unholy Traffic: The Virginia Slave Trade During the Civil War During the nineteenth century, slave traders conveyed nearly one million enslaved persons from the Upper to the Lower South and as many more between masters locally. During the Civil War, in Virginia the slave trade continued with surprising vigor until the war’s end. Masters and slave traders adapted to a declining long-distance trade and to the chaos of war by buying and selling in new areas and according to new economic and social rationales emerging from the conflict. The continuance of the slave trade suggests not only slavery’s continuing viability in Civil War Virginia, but also the deep connection between the survival of the institution and of the trade. For the enslaved, masters’ adjusted trading patterns often meant separation from family and community even as freedom beckoned, demonstrating slavery’s continued wartime power. The slave trade thus shaped the experiences of all involved in slavery until the end war’s end. 2015 Colby_unc_0153M_15632.pdf American history Civil War, Slavery, Slave Trade, Virginia eng Master of Arts Masters Thesis University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Degree granting institution History Harry Watson Thesis advisor William Barney Thesis advisor Thavolia Glymph Thesis advisor text There are no restrictions to this item. 2015-08 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Chapel Hill, NC Robert Colby Creator Department of History College of Arts and Sciences The Continuance of an Unholy Traffic: The Virginia Slave Trade During the Civil War During the nineteenth century, slave traders conveyed nearly one million enslaved persons from the Upper to the Lower South and as many more between masters locally. During the Civil War, in Virginia the slave trade continued with surprising vigor until the war’s end. Masters and slave traders adapted to a declining long-distance trade and to the chaos of war by buying and selling in new areas and according to new economic and social rationales emerging from the conflict. The continuance of the slave trade suggests not only slavery’s continuing viability in Civil War Virginia, but also the deep connection between the survival of the institution and of the trade. For the enslaved, masters’ adjusted trading patterns often meant separation from family and community even as freedom beckoned, demonstrating slavery’s continued wartime power. The slave trade thus shaped the experiences of all involved in slavery until the end war’s end. 2015 Colby_unc_0153M_15632.pdf American history Civil War, Slavery, Slave Trade, Virginia eng Master of Arts Masters Thesis University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Degree granting institution History Harry Watson Thesis advisor William Barney Thesis advisor Thavolia Glymph Thesis advisor text There are no restrictions to this item. 2015-08 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Chapel Hill, NC Robert Colby Creator Department of History College of Arts and Sciences The Continuance of an Unholy Traffic: The Virginia Slave Trade During the Civil War During the nineteenth century, slave traders conveyed nearly one million enslaved persons from the Upper to the Lower South and as many more between masters locally. During the Civil War, in Virginia the slave trade continued with surprising vigor until the war’s end. Masters and slave traders adapted to a declining long-distance trade and to the chaos of war by buying and selling in new areas and according to new economic and social rationales emerging from the conflict. The continuance of the slave trade suggests not only slavery’s continuing viability in Civil War Virginia, but also the deep connection between the survival of the institution and of the trade. For the enslaved, masters’ adjusted trading patterns often meant separation from family and community even as freedom beckoned, demonstrating slavery’s continued wartime power. The slave trade thus shaped the experiences of all involved in slavery until the end war’s end. 2015 Colby_unc_0153M_15632.pdf American history Civil War, Slavery, Slave Trade, Virginia eng Master of Arts Masters Thesis University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Degree granting institution History Harry Watson Thesis advisor William Barney Thesis advisor Thavolia Glymph Thesis advisor text There are no restrictions to this item. 2015-08 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Chapel Hill, NC Robert Colby Creator Department of History College of Arts and Sciences The Continuance of an Unholy Traffic: The Virginia Slave Trade During the Civil War During the nineteenth century, slave traders conveyed nearly one million enslaved persons from the Upper to the Lower South and as many more between masters locally. During the Civil War, in Virginia the slave trade continued with surprising vigor until the war’s end. Masters and slave traders adapted to a declining long-distance trade and to the chaos of war by buying and selling in new areas and according to new economic and social rationales emerging from the conflict. The continuance of the slave trade suggests not only slavery’s continuing viability in Civil War Virginia, but also the deep connection between the survival of the institution and of the trade. For the enslaved, masters’ adjusted trading patterns often meant separation from family and community even as freedom beckoned, demonstrating slavery’s continued wartime power. The slave trade thus shaped the experiences of all involved in slavery until the end war’s end. 2015 Colby_unc_0153M_15632.pdf American history Civil War, Slavery, Slave Trade, Virginia eng Master of Arts Masters Thesis University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Degree granting institution History Harry Watson Thesis advisor William Barney Thesis advisor Thavolia Glymph Thesis advisor text There are no restrictions to this item. 2015-08 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Chapel Hill, NC Robert Colby Creator Department of History College of Arts and Sciences The Continuance of an Unholy Traffic: The Virginia Slave Trade During the Civil War During the nineteenth century, slave traders conveyed nearly one million enslaved persons from the Upper to the Lower South and as many more between masters locally. During the Civil War, in Virginia the slave trade continued with surprising vigor until the war’s end. Masters and slave traders adapted to a declining long-distance trade and to the chaos of war by buying and selling in new areas and according to new economic and social rationales emerging from the conflict. The continuance of the slave trade suggests not only slavery’s continuing viability in Civil War Virginia, but also the deep connection between the survival of the institution and of the trade. For the enslaved, masters’ adjusted trading patterns often meant separation from family and community even as freedom beckoned, demonstrating slavery’s continued wartime power. The slave trade thus shaped the experiences of all involved in slavery until the end war’s end. 2015 Colby_unc_0153M_15632.pdf United States History Civil War, Slavery, Slave Trade, Virginia eng Master of Arts Masters Thesis University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Degree granting institution History Harry Watson Thesis advisor William Barney Thesis advisor Thavolia Glymph Thesis advisor text There are no restrictions to this item. 2015-08 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Chapel Hill, NC Robert Colby Creator Department of History College of Arts and Sciences The Continuance of an Unholy Traffic: The Virginia Slave Trade During the Civil War During the nineteenth century, slave traders conveyed nearly one million enslaved persons from the Upper to the Lower South and as many more between masters locally. During the Civil War, in Virginia the slave trade continued with surprising vigor until the war’s end. Masters and slave traders adapted to a declining long-distance trade and to the chaos of war by buying and selling in new areas and according to new economic and social rationales emerging from the conflict. The continuance of the slave trade suggests not only slavery’s continuing viability in Civil War Virginia, but also the deep connection between the survival of the institution and of the trade. For the enslaved, masters’ adjusted trading patterns often meant separation from family and community even as freedom beckoned, demonstrating slavery’s continued wartime power. The slave trade thus shaped the experiences of all involved in slavery until the end war’s end. 2015 Colby_unc_0153M_15632.pdf United States History Civil War, Slavery, Slave Trade, Virginia eng Master of Arts Masters Thesis University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Degree granting institution History Harry L. Watson Thesis advisor William Barney Thesis advisor Thavolia Glymph Thesis advisor text There are no restrictions to this item. 2015-08 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Chapel Hill, NC Robert Colby Creator Department of History College of Arts and Sciences The Continuance of an Unholy Traffic: The Virginia Slave Trade During the Civil War During the nineteenth century, slave traders conveyed nearly one million enslaved persons from the Upper to the Lower South and as many more between masters locally. During the Civil War, in Virginia the slave trade continued with surprising vigor until the war’s end. Masters and slave traders adapted to a declining long-distance trade and to the chaos of war by buying and selling in new areas and according to new economic and social rationales emerging from the conflict. The continuance of the slave trade suggests not only slavery’s continuing viability in Civil War Virginia, but also the deep connection between the survival of the institution and of the trade. For the enslaved, masters’ adjusted trading patterns often meant separation from family and community even as freedom beckoned, demonstrating slavery’s continued wartime power. The slave trade thus shaped the experiences of all involved in slavery until the end war’s end. 2015 Colby_unc_0153M_15632.pdf United States History Civil War, Slavery, Slave Trade, Virginia eng Master of Arts Masters Thesis University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Degree granting institution History Harry L. Watson Thesis advisor William Barney Thesis advisor Thavolia Glymph Thesis advisor text There are no restrictions to this item. 2015-08 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Chapel Hill, NC Robert Colby Creator Department of History College of Arts and Sciences The Continuance of an Unholy Traffic: The Virginia Slave Trade During the Civil War During the nineteenth century, slave traders conveyed nearly one million enslaved persons from the Upper to the Lower South and as many more between masters locally. During the Civil War, in Virginia the slave trade continued with surprising vigor until the war’s end. Masters and slave traders adapted to a declining long-distance trade and to the chaos of war by buying and selling in new areas and according to new economic and social rationales emerging from the conflict. The continuance of the slave trade suggests not only slavery’s continuing viability in Civil War Virginia, but also the deep connection between the survival of the institution and of the trade. For the enslaved, masters’ adjusted trading patterns often meant separation from family and community even as freedom beckoned, demonstrating slavery’s continued wartime power. The slave trade thus shaped the experiences of all involved in slavery until the end war’s end. 2015 Colby_unc_0153M_15632.pdf United States History Civil War, Slavery, Slave Trade, Virginia eng Master of Arts Masters Thesis University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Degree granting institution History Harry Watson Thesis advisor William Barney Thesis advisor Thavolia Glymph Thesis advisor text There are no restrictions to this item. 2015-08 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Chapel Hill, NC Robert Colby Creator Department of History College of Arts and Sciences The Continuance of an Unholy Traffic: The Virginia Slave Trade During the Civil War During the nineteenth century, slave traders conveyed nearly one million enslaved persons from the Upper to the Lower South and as many more between masters locally. During the Civil War, in Virginia the slave trade continued with surprising vigor until the war’s end. Masters and slave traders adapted to a declining long-distance trade and to the chaos of war by buying and selling in new areas and according to new economic and social rationales emerging from the conflict. The continuance of the slave trade suggests not only slavery’s continuing viability in Civil War Virginia, but also the deep connection between the survival of the institution and of the trade. For the enslaved, masters’ adjusted trading patterns often meant separation from family and community even as freedom beckoned, demonstrating slavery’s continued wartime power. The slave trade thus shaped the experiences of all involved in slavery until the end war’s end. 2015 Colby_unc_0153M_15632.pdf United States History Civil War, Slavery, Slave Trade, Virginia eng Master of Arts Masters Thesis History Harry L. Watson Thesis advisor William Barney Thesis advisor Thavolia Glymph Thesis advisor text There are no restrictions to this item. 2015-08 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Chapel Hill, NC University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Degree granting institution Robert Colby Creator Department of History College of Arts and Sciences The Continuance of an Unholy Traffic: The Virginia Slave Trade During the Civil War During the nineteenth century, slave traders conveyed nearly one million enslaved persons from the Upper to the Lower South and as many more between masters locally. During the Civil War, in Virginia the slave trade continued with surprising vigor until the war’s end. Masters and slave traders adapted to a declining long-distance trade and to the chaos of war by buying and selling in new areas and according to new economic and social rationales emerging from the conflict. The continuance of the slave trade suggests not only slavery’s continuing viability in Civil War Virginia, but also the deep connection between the survival of the institution and of the trade. For the enslaved, masters’ adjusted trading patterns often meant separation from family and community even as freedom beckoned, demonstrating slavery’s continued wartime power. The slave trade thus shaped the experiences of all involved in slavery until the end war’s end. 2015 Colby_unc_0153M_15632.pdf United States History Civil War, Slavery, Slave Trade, Virginia eng Master of Arts Masters Thesis University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Degree granting institution History Harry Watson Thesis advisor William Barney Thesis advisor Thavolia Glymph Thesis advisor text There are no restrictions to this item. 2015-08 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Chapel Hill, NC Robert Colby Creator Department of History College of Arts and Sciences The Continuance of an Unholy Traffic: The Virginia Slave Trade During the Civil War During the nineteenth century, slave traders conveyed nearly one million enslaved persons from the Upper to the Lower South and as many more between masters locally. During the Civil War, in Virginia the slave trade continued with surprising vigor until the war’s end. Masters and slave traders adapted to a declining long-distance trade and to the chaos of war by buying and selling in new areas and according to new economic and social rationales emerging from the conflict. The continuance of the slave trade suggests not only slavery’s continuing viability in Civil War Virginia, but also the deep connection between the survival of the institution and of the trade. For the enslaved, masters’ adjusted trading patterns often meant separation from family and community even as freedom beckoned, demonstrating slavery’s continued wartime power. The slave trade thus shaped the experiences of all involved in slavery until the end war’s end. 2015 Colby_unc_0153M_15632.pdf United States History Civil War, Slavery, Slave Trade, Virginia eng Master of Arts Masters Thesis University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Degree granting institution History Harry Watson Thesis advisor William Barney Thesis advisor Thavolia Glymph Thesis advisor text There are no restrictions to this item. 2015-08 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Chapel Hill, NC Robert Colby Creator Department of History College of Arts and Sciences The Continuance of an Unholy Traffic: The Virginia Slave Trade During the Civil War During the nineteenth century, slave traders conveyed nearly one million enslaved persons from the Upper to the Lower South and as many more between masters locally. During the Civil War, in Virginia the slave trade continued with surprising vigor until the war’s end. Masters and slave traders adapted to a declining long-distance trade and to the chaos of war by buying and selling in new areas and according to new economic and social rationales emerging from the conflict. The continuance of the slave trade suggests not only slavery’s continuing viability in Civil War Virginia, but also the deep connection between the survival of the institution and of the trade. For the enslaved, masters’ adjusted trading patterns often meant separation from family and community even as freedom beckoned, demonstrating slavery’s continued wartime power. The slave trade thus shaped the experiences of all involved in slavery until the end war’s end. 2015 Colby_unc_0153M_15632.pdf United States History Civil War; Slavery; Slave Trade; Virginia eng Master of Arts Masters Thesis University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Degree granting institution History Harry Watson Thesis advisor William Barney Thesis advisor Thavolia Glymph Thesis advisor text There are no restrictions to this item. 2015-08 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Chapel Hill, NC Robert Colby Creator Department of History College of Arts and Sciences The Continuance of an Unholy Traffic: The Virginia Slave Trade During the Civil War During the nineteenth century, slave traders conveyed nearly one million enslaved persons from the Upper to the Lower South and as many more between masters locally. During the Civil War, in Virginia the slave trade continued with surprising vigor until the war’s end. Masters and slave traders adapted to a declining long-distance trade and to the chaos of war by buying and selling in new areas and according to new economic and social rationales emerging from the conflict. The continuance of the slave trade suggests not only slavery’s continuing viability in Civil War Virginia, but also the deep connection between the survival of the institution and of the trade. For the enslaved, masters’ adjusted trading patterns often meant separation from family and community even as freedom beckoned, demonstrating slavery’s continued wartime power. The slave trade thus shaped the experiences of all involved in slavery until the end war’s end. 2015 Colby_unc_0153M_15632.pdf United States History Civil War, Slavery, Slave Trade, Virginia eng Master of Arts Masters Thesis History Harry L. Watson Thesis advisor William Barney Thesis advisor Thavolia Glymph Thesis advisor text There are no restrictions to this item. 2015-08 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Chapel Hill, NC University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Degree granting institution Robert Colby Creator Department of History College of Arts and Sciences The Continuance of an Unholy Traffic: The Virginia Slave Trade During the Civil War During the nineteenth century, slave traders conveyed nearly one million enslaved persons from the Upper to the Lower South and as many more between masters locally. During the Civil War, in Virginia the slave trade continued with surprising vigor until the war’s end. Masters and slave traders adapted to a declining long-distance trade and to the chaos of war by buying and selling in new areas and according to new economic and social rationales emerging from the conflict. The continuance of the slave trade suggests not only slavery’s continuing viability in Civil War Virginia, but also the deep connection between the survival of the institution and of the trade. For the enslaved, masters’ adjusted trading patterns often meant separation from family and community even as freedom beckoned, demonstrating slavery’s continued wartime power. The slave trade thus shaped the experiences of all involved in slavery until the end war’s end. 2015 Colby_unc_0153M_15632.pdf United States History Civil War, Slavery, Slave Trade, Virginia eng Master of Arts Masters Thesis University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Degree granting institution History Harry L. Watson Thesis advisor William Barney Thesis advisor Thavolia Glymph Thesis advisor text There are no restrictions to this item. 2015-08 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Chapel Hill, NC Robert Colby Creator Department of History College of Arts and Sciences During the nineteenth century, slave traders conveyed nearly one million enslaved persons from the Upper to the Lower South and as many more between masters locally. During the Civil War, in Virginia the slave trade continued with surprising vigor until the war’s end. Masters and slave traders adapted to a declining long-distance trade and to the chaos of war by buying and selling in new areas and according to new economic and social rationales emerging from the conflict. The continuance of the slave trade suggests not only slavery’s continuing viability in Civil War Virginia, but also the deep connection between the survival of the institution and of the trade. For the enslaved, masters’ adjusted trading patterns often meant separation from family and community even as freedom beckoned, demonstrating slavery’s continued wartime power. The slave trade thus shaped the experiences of all involved in slavery until the end war’s end. 2015 Colby_unc_0153M_15632.pdf United States History Civil War; Slavery; Slave Trade; Virginia eng Master of Arts Masters Thesis University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Degree granting institution History Harry L. Watson Thesis advisor William Barney Thesis advisor Thavolia Glymph Thesis advisor text There are no restrictions to this item. 2015-08 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Chapel Hill, NC Robert Colby Creator Department of History College of Arts and Sciences During the nineteenth century, slave traders conveyed nearly one million enslaved persons from the Upper to the Lower South and as many more between masters locally. During the Civil War, in Virginia the slave trade continued with surprising vigor until the war’s end. Masters and slave traders adapted to a declining long-distance trade and to the chaos of war by buying and selling in new areas and according to new economic and social rationales emerging from the conflict. The continuance of the slave trade suggests not only slavery’s continuing viability in Civil War Virginia, but also the deep connection between the survival of the institution and of the trade. For the enslaved, masters’ adjusted trading patterns often meant separation from family and community even as freedom beckoned, demonstrating slavery’s continued wartime power. The slave trade thus shaped the experiences of all involved in slavery until the end war’s end. 2015 Colby_unc_0153M_15632.pdf United States History Civil War; Slavery; Slave Trade; Virginia eng Master of Arts Masters Thesis University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Degree granting institution Harry L. Watson Thesis advisor William Barney Thesis advisor Thavolia Glymph Thesis advisor text There are no restrictions to this item. 2015-08 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Chapel Hill, NC Colby_unc_0153M_15632.pdf uuid:18436502-d069-4b1e-98dd-2f129e57c7c2 2015-07-19T21:48:40Z proquest yes application/pdf 664939