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Ritchie’s family was part of the emerging Virginia middling aristocracy. His father was a successful merchant who married into the prominent Roane family, but was suspected of Toryism during the American Revolution. When he died, Thomas, his youngest son, inherited nothing. The first issue of the Richmond Enquirer appeared on May 9, 1804. After Nat Turner’s revolt in 1831, the Richmond Enquirer took an editorial stance opposed to slavery. Ritchie continued to oppose slavery even after losing subscribers. He himself owned a few slaves.

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Thomas Ritchie, the Richmond Enquirer, and Human Enslavement in the South

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  • Arthur Scherr

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Ritchie’s family was part of the emerging Virginia middling aristocracy. His father was a successful merchant who married into the prominent Roane family, but was suspected of Toryism during the American Revolution. When he died, Thomas, his youngest son, inherited nothing. The first issue of the Richmond Enquirer appeared on May 9, 1804. After Nat Turner’s revolt in 1831, the Richmond Enquirer took an editorial stance opposed to slavery. Ritchie continued to oppose slavery even after losing subscribers. He himself owned a few slaves.