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Abolitionist Turner Ashby’s Mob Drove Out Subject of New Virginia Marker

 Author: Patrick Young  Published Date: December 28, 2021  19 Comments on Abolitionist Turner Ashby’s Mob Drove Out Subject of New Virginia Marker

In 1856, future Confederate hero Turner Ashby led a violent pro-slavery mob in an attack against John C. Underwood, of Clarke County, Virginia. Underwood was…

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