Media Summary: In the early 1900s, many U.S. states wanted to remove people deemed 'undesirable' from the gene pool. Official Website: By the early 1900s, many white protestant Americans ... Dr. Henry Janes served as a Civil War surgeon and later ran Sloane Hospital for Civil War soldiers in Montpelier. He left his home ...

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In the early 1900s, many U.S. states wanted to remove people deemed 'undesirable' from the gene pool. Official Website: By the early 1900s, many white protestant Americans ... Dr. Henry Janes served as a Civil War surgeon and later ran Sloane Hospital for Civil War soldiers in Montpelier. He left his home ... The Virginia Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded in Lynchburg, Virginia sterilized thousands of patients — and its methods ... In disputed territory, colonial politics led to a call for independence different from, but intertwined with, the war with the British. Revolutionary War General John Strong built this brick, Federal-style mansion in 1795. A time-capsule of early American life, the ...

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