Berkeley Plantation Slave Records
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Berkeley plantation slave records. Berkeley’s coach house, with its rustic charm, is located just steps from the historic mansion and outbuildings. Thus, the inventory begins with a superannuated (retired) slave who is valued at 0 pounds. Sankofa's afrikan slave genealogy) springfield plantation.
I thought you might like to see a cemetery for berkeley plantation graveyard i found on findagrave.com. Of manuscript plantation records that survive in research libraries scattered throughout the south. Below are labor contracts for mount moriah plantation.
The exception is the series of field office recordsfor new orleans (naramicrofilmm1483, 10 rolls),which containssuch records as labor contracts, hospital registers, complaint Reel 1 introductory materials 0001 introductory materials. Slaves in the estate of william mason smith, beaufort, sc, 1852 indexed by sheri fenley
The slave jail story is a compelling one, and while it does help give people a sobering reminder of what may have been part of the many ugly truths about slavery, it does a disservice to truth and history, being an imagined truth which obscures the historic importance of the. For example, the number of enslaved people enumerated under a slave owner could indicate whether or not the slave owner had a plantation, and if so, what size it was. Summary alphabetical list of robert carter's slaves compiled from the 1733 inventory of his estate compiled by the editor from the inventory of robert carter's estate, this alphabetical list give the slave's name, family members when stated, location by county and farm, and occupation if given.
1798 house tax and slave tax of berkeley county, virginia: A copy of the inventory list is on display at berkeley. Weekly slave auctions were held there and also in charleston.when slaves were part of an estate, auctions were usually held at the county courthouse.
In contrast, the customary slave inventory records men first, from most valuable to least valuable, then women listed in a similar way, followed by children. Access to part 1 of the plantation records was acquired by the library a few years ago. Links large slaveholders of 1860: