Labor
Information about labor in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

Written Accounts

1865-07-26, Washington (Pa.) Reporter; letter from Col. G. Brown of the Freedmen’s Bureau, giving statistics of negroes now at Chimborazo
1865-08-03, Richmond Commercial Bulletin; The Tredegar Iron Works is back “in full blast” – column praises the works and expresses rosy opinions for the future
1865-08-04, Richmond Whig; racist description of the Freedman camp at Chimborazo, the “abiding place of unemployed and no-account negroes”
1866-01-11, Richmond Examiner; “James River Farmers” meet at Turkey Island to set standards and practices regarding the labor of the Freedmen
1866-01, The Cosmopolite; “Reminiscences of A Southern Hospital. By Its Matron.” Part 1
1866-03-24, Richmond Dispatch; negroes who are able to support themselves ordered to evacuate Chimborazo Hospital by April 1st – describes the occupation of the place by former slaves
1866-07-10, Richmond Dispatch; details on the new Mechanicsville Turnpike company – Howard’s Grove and Seven Days’ battlefields mentioned
1866-12-11, Richmond Dispatch; strikes at Tredegar and Belle Isle
1866-12-12, Richmond Dispatch; details on the origin of the strike at Belle Isle
1867-09-25, Edgefield (SC) Advertiser; report that Tredegar Iron Works employed 600 people and paid out $25,000 in wages in August

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