Race Relations
Information about race relations in Richmond, VA, during the Civil War and Reconstruction. 

Written Accounts

1865-10-20, Portland (Maine) Daily Eastern Argus; report that “gangs of negroes from Chimborazo Hospital” are daily tearing up the tracks of the York River Railroad to get firewood
1865-10-30, Richmond Commercial Bulletin; rock battles continuing by children of Richmond
1865-11-02, Richmond Commercial Bulletin; Freedmen’s Court has repeatedly sent a “negro street-walker and vagrant” to Chimborazo, but she, claiming she doesn’t like it there, is sent to Castle Thunder
1865-11, The National Freedman; letter regarding schools and charity at City Point and Chimborazo. Author “organized a night school at the Chimborazo camp” for about 200 pupils
1865-12-12, Richmond Dispatch; long description of alleged negro thieves at Chimborazo – still described as “Chimborazo Hospital”
1865-12-30, The National Freedman; ldescription of poor conditions and education among the Freedmen at Chimborazo, and appeal for charity
1865-12, The National Freedman; statistical report of students in the Chimborazo schools for October, 1865 – 345 there now
1865-12, The Old Guard; "Camp Lee;" - describes the camp's use as a freedman's village and its occupation by federal forces. Excellent description of the physical facility during the war. By George Fitzhugh.
1866 (ca.), The Camp, the Battle Field, and the Hospital...; by Linus P. Brockett; excerpt (by John F. Porter) describes the author's part in the famous Libby Prison escape and subsequent journey to Williamsburg
1866-01-06, The National Freedman; letter from Richmond soliciting donations of shoes from the North for Freedmen. Notes on conditions at Chimborazo.

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