Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Ramsey Family Papers date from 1797 to 1891 and consist chiefly of correspondence, along with autobiographical and genealogical notes and a small photograph of Sue Ramsey.The family owned enslaved people and supported the Confederacy during the Civil War, fighting to maintain the Southern economy based on the labors of enslaved people. The correspondence describes the family’s affairs through the Civil War and Reconstruction. Most of the letters are written from the family...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Ramsey Family Papers date from 1797 to 1891 and consist chiefly of correspondence, along with autobiographical and genealogical notes and a small photograph of Sue Ramsey.The family owned enslaved people and supported the Confederacy during the Civil War, fighting to maintain the Southern economy based on the labors of enslaved people. The correspondence describes the family’s affairs through the Civil War and Reconstruction. Most of the letters are written from the family...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Ramsey Family Papers date from 1797 to 1891 and consist chiefly of correspondence, along with autobiographical and genealogical notes and a small photograph of Sue Ramsey.The family owned enslaved people and supported the Confederacy during the Civil War, fighting to maintain the Southern economy based on the labors of enslaved people. The correspondence describes the family’s affairs through the Civil War and Reconstruction. Most of the letters are written from the family...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Ramsey Family Papers date from 1797 to 1891 and consist chiefly of correspondence, along with autobiographical and genealogical notes and a small photograph of Sue Ramsey.The family owned enslaved people and supported the Confederacy during the Civil War, fighting to maintain the Southern economy based on the labors of enslaved people. The correspondence describes the family’s affairs through the Civil War and Reconstruction. Most of the letters are written from the family...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Ramsey Family Papers date from 1797 to 1891 and consist chiefly of correspondence, along with autobiographical and genealogical notes and a small photograph of Sue Ramsey.The family owned enslaved people and supported the Confederacy during the Civil War, fighting to maintain the Southern economy based on the labors of enslaved people. The correspondence describes the family’s affairs through the Civil War and Reconstruction. Most of the letters are written from the family...