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Enslaved Community Documents

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    RJR named in suit seeking slavery reparations , redirect

    News article from the Greensboro News & Record reports that one of the plaintiffs says his great-great-great grandfather, Bob Reynolds, was enslaved on Rock Spring Plantation.

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    Letty Reynolds pensioner transcript

    Letty Reynolds sought a pension for the death of her husband, Jacob "Jack" Reynolds, who died during the Civil War. The records provided researchers with previously unknown details about their lives enslaved on the Rock Spring Plantation.

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    Rhoda Reynolds pension claim records

    Myles and Rhoda Reynolds were enslaved at Rock Spring Plantation and married in 1849. These records provide details about the couple's life.