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This manuscript by Susan B. Eppes includes a hand-drawn mockup for the book cover, the typescript with marginalia to prepare the document for editing and printing, and an introduction by the author. The body of the work reflects the...
Susan B. Eppes provides her views on plantation life of the Old South in what she terms as a "Period History." Topics include enslaved persons and their transition to freedom post-Civil War, plantation life, the fall of the Old South, ...
Susan Bradford Eppes outlines her personal views for why President Abraham Lincoln was assissinated and includes biographical elements related to her upbringing and familial lineage.
A small notebook with Geo. Whitfield printed on the first page followed by manuscript entries. The notebook documents the financial transactions of George Whitfield around Tallahassee, Florida, including his business transactions...
The Day Book from R.F. Van Brunt’s store in the Iamonia Community documents the quotidian financial transactions of the store and its customers, many of whom sharecropped on Van Brunt’s plantation. The Day Book shows documentation about...
Manuscript documenting F.A. Byrd’s purchase of an enslaved woman, Jane, aged 25, her 3 year old child Augustus, and her unnamed 7-month old child for $1, 050 in Tallahassee, Florida.
Division of Robert K. Shaw's estate probate in Gadsden County, Florida. Valued the total 47 enslaved people at $29, 275. Split into 3 lots "as nearly as could be done without separating families..." Names and ages of enslaved people...
Manuscript quitclaim or bill of sale by John Brett, Jr., Jackson County, Florida, January 18, 1848 to William Damiel. The instrument was notarized by "acting Justice of the Peace, Lunday, witnesses by Sarah Daniel and F. G. Lunday....
United State Senate Vote regarding Slavery in Territorial Florida
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Manuscript of a contemporary copy of the Senate Journal, page 169, undated and unsigned, concerning the Senate's vote on March 6, 1822, regarding slavery in territorial Florida. "No slave or slaves shall, directly or indirectly, be...
Documentation of Bradford's business practices including those pertaining to cotton sales, the purchase of enslaved people and other business transactions.
Typed transcription of the original manuscript will of John Hollingsworth. This will contains the names of enslaved people and their children and outlines how to divide enslaved people amongst inheritors along with financial valuations.
Incomplete original manuscript will of John Hollingsworth. This will contains the names of enslaved people and their children and outlines how to divide enslaved people amongst inheritors along with financial valuations.
Ledger for payments in kind from May Williams, Noble Roberts, William Denmark, Luke Ammons, Henry Merrit, Wylie Hawkins, Charles Fottman, and Henderson Lawrence for cotton, coin, or hay paying rent. Some of these names appear throughout...
Typed copy of letter by Mr. M. C. Stephens to his daughter, Sarah, at Newburn, North Carolina. Mr. Stephens came to Florida and acquired a plantation at Rosanna, near Quincy, Florida, and was in the process of building a house which he...
List of enslaved people and sharecropping contract
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Present are several lists of enslaved people at Barrow Hill with names, ages, tasks, and ratings of their work performance. Another sharecropping contract dated 1868 is also present. Many land deeds and maps that may serve useful for...
Documentation of Bradford's business practices including those pertaining to cotton sales, the purchase of enslaved people and other business transactions.
Documentation of Bradford's business practices including those pertaining to cotton sales, the purchase of enslaved people and other business transactions.
Letter asking permission for an enslaved person to live in a separate residence
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A petition soliciting permission for "Caroline" and "Florida, enslaved people, to occupy a separate residence adjoining enslaver A. H. Cole's residence. The petition was passed.
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