A Picture of the Desolated States, and the Work of Restoration. 1865-1868
CHAPTER XXX.—A GENERAL VIEW OF VIRGINIA.
Fertility.—Natural Advantages.—Old Fields.—Hills and Valleys.—Products.—Value of Land.—Manufactures.—Oysters.—Common Schools.—Freedmen’s Schools.—Negro Population.—Old Prejudice.—Wages.—Negroes in Tobacco Factories.—Freedmen’s Bureau.—Secession.—Railroads.—Finances.—Prospects. 224