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Slave records -- Alabama

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 7 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

Clements family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0316
Abstract

Papers of a Tuscaloosa family whose members included Hardy Clements, Rufus Hargrove Clements, Martha Lavinia Clements, Frank Bugbee Clements, Luther Morgan Clements, and others. The bulk of the papers relate to Frank Bugbee Clements.

Dates: 1846-1948

Goodloe W. Malone account book

 Collection
Identifier: W-0020
Abstract

Ledger documenting the sale of materials such as molasses, coffee, and sugar, as well as the sale of slaves.

Dates: 1834-1839

Bird Griffin papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0596
Abstract

Personal papers, mostly involving the activities of this Perry County farmer and justice of the peace.

Dates: 1805-1885

Marvin P. Harper papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0632
Abstract

A variety of documents covering: slave ownership documents concerning crimes and deaths; Farrah Law Society plaque; UA football picture from 1920s; Church programs; Stamps; Daughters of the Confederacy minutes. McCall diploma, 1879; and Kennedy family papers.

Dates: 1875-1930

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

Robert Jemison, Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0753
Abstract The Robert Jemison, Jr. Papers span the period from 1797 to 1960 and include both the personal and business papers of Robert Jemison Jr., along with papers of Robert Jemison (grandfather), William Jemison (father), Priscilla Jemison (wife), Cherokee Jemison Hargrove (daughter), and Andrew Coleman Hargrove (son-in-law), and Robert Jemison Jr. (IV) of Birmingham (1878-1973). Included are the records of his grist and lumber mills, plantations, stage line, the Tuskaloosa Plank Road, toll...
Dates: 1797 - 1973