Free Negroes
Information about Free Negros in Richmond, VA during the Civil War

Written Accounts

1863-02-24, Richmond Dispatch; Capt. W. J. Rasin, Winder Cavalry, at Camp Lee, adv for servants
1863-02-24, Richmond Dispatch; Five N.C. Unionists into Castle Thunder; Benj. Thicker, in Castle Thunder for furlough forgery, died there 2/23
1863-02-25, Richmond Dispatch; Richmond not supplied 530 male slaves for government service, as requested, but Henrico’s 350 to report to duty today
1863-03-01, Richmond Dispatch; Supt. Downer adv for 4 black workers for Ordnance Dept, 7th & Canal
1863-03-05, Richmond Dispatch; Libby update. 717 total there now
1863-03-10, Richmond Dispatch; interesting update on City Hospital & Howard’s Grove, from City Council
1863-03-10, Richmond Dispatch; patient from Louisiana Hospital & one from Winder arraigned for drunken behavior at city theatre
1863-03-13, Richmond Dispatch; “scarcity of labor” on the railroads – superintendents have petitioned Congress for use of “battery hands” to do work. Newspaper advocates the use of prisoner labor.
1863-03-21, Richmond Dispatch; James Lewis, free negro, into East District Military Prison, charged with leading Yankees into Fredericksburg; also James Hickey, bounty jumper; Wm. H. Carter, soldier, dies at prison hospital, 3/20, typhoid pneumonia
1863-03-25, Richmond Dispatch; negro employed at Florida Hospital gets 25 lashes for theft

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