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486:. The group of ex-slaves made a series of public appearances and were photographed as part of a campaign to raise funds for public schools for freed slaves, the first of which had been established by Banks, an ardent abolitionist, in 1863. It is not known whether A.S. Withers was ever aware of this unflattering publicity, coming about a year before his death.)
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Warfare, or, A History of the Settlement by the Whites, of north-western Virginia: and of the Indian wars and massacres, in that section of the state; with reflections, anecdotes, &c.
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