Coal Business
Harry Heth (as he signed his correspondence) maintained offices in Norfolk and Manchester (across the James River at Richmond), where he engaged in the coal business.
Heth owned several coal mines in the area now known as Midlothian in northwestern Chesterfield County. Colonel Heth participated in working the Railey family's coal pits and became the owner of the Black Heath coal pits. Colonel Heth owned slaves, and prior to the American Civil War (and Emancipation), the mines were largely worked with African Americans, mostly slaves.
Manchester, at the head of navigation on the James River, was the closest export port for Heth's coal.
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