Plantations

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Assessment of the Value of a Plantation

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0956
Abstract

This collection consists of a two-page draft document assessing the value of a plantation in Mayan County, Alabama from circa 1855.

Dates: circa 1855

Thomas S. Jones/John R. Jones Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0231
Scope and Contents

This collection contains the accounting records of a plantation in Charleston, Mississippi; the correspondence of two brothers, Thomas S. Jones [who was in charge of the plantation] and John R. Jones [who was practicing medicine in Marshall County, Tennessee]; and speech. Buleah Davis donated this collection in 1939.

Dates: 1848 - 1859

Vivian Marsh Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0287
Scope and Contents

This collection contains four letters written to Vivian Marsh from Mabel Mobley in Johnston, South Carolina. Mobley was born into slavery. In 1967, when these letters were written, she lived on the Marsh Plantation.

The letters are not dated, but one of the envelopes has a postmark. Topics discussed in the letters include cotton, peaches, pecans, blackberries, Japanese fruit cake, winkemaking, and how people treat the elderly.

Dates: undated

Slaves of the Brazilian Royal Family Manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0806
Abstract

An account of births and deaths at Santa Cruz, an enormous royal plantation on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. The table has a section for slaves (born, died, ran off, recovered) and for various types of livestock (cattle, sheep, horses, pigs). At the foot are noted the number of slaves, civilians, and soldiers who were in the plantation's hospital.

Dates: 1820

 

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