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Slaveholders -- Alabama

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Jesse Beene letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0128
Abstract

Two letters written from Cahawba, Alabama, to Rowland G. Hazard in Peace Dale, Rhode Island. The first, dated 14 July 1839, orders shoes for Beene's sixty-eight slaves and includes a list of slaves and a measurement of their feet in inches. In the second, dated 16 December 1841, Beene expresses dissatisfaction with both shoes and prices.

Dates: 1839-1841

James Boykin papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0196
Abstract

Papers of an important Dallas County, Alabama, planter family, including correspondence, household and plantation records, materials regarding James Boykin’s cavalry unit during the Civil War, and papers of Boykin's descendants down to the mid-twentieth century.

Dates: 1833-1967; Majority of material found within 1848 - 1870

John Cocke Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0328
Abstract

Business correspondence, accounts, legal documents, and other materials (including the selling and purchasing of slaves) of this 19th century Marengo County, Alabama, plantation owner.

Dates: 1810-1899

William and Crawford L. Brown family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3759
Abstract

Documents relating to the Mississippi and Alabama plantations of the Brown family, including bills of sale for slaves; receipts for tool repair, clothing, dry goods; tax receipts listing the number of slaves; business letters; and various legal agreements and other court documents.

Dates: 1834-1861