![]() Slaves, too, faced stricter regulation, including a newly implemented nine o’clock curfew. The precarious legal status of free Black Virginians continued into the Civil War years, in many cases worsening, as White Albemarle natives increasingly saw them as a potential threat to their Confederate cause. Jordan, Jr., notes, Black Virginians were consistently “disenfranchised, exploited, ostracized, and suppressed.” They were prohibited from independently practicing religion, and many were forced into carrying out labor for the Confederate military. ![]() As thousands of White men left to serve in the Confederate military, African Americans increasingly represented a larger proportion of the population, leading to even harsher laws and regulations restricting their movements and livelihoods. ![]() There were 13,916 slaves and 606 free people of color living in Albemarle in 1860. The beginning of the war in Albemarle saw Black Virginians outnumbering the 12,103 Whites in the county. ![]()
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