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ISBN
mum00275_b01_f01
Custom Date
1825-1845
Description
Ledger contains the names, marriages, births, and deaths of enslaved persons on a plantation which internal evidence suggests was Locust Grove Plantation in Jefferson County, Mississippi. Ledger also contains cotton harvest data for each enslaved person. Some pages include newspaper clippings discussing agricultural and domestic techniques and advice. The plantation was founded in 1777 under the name Mount Locust, and the name was changed by Samuel Postlethwait when he purchased the plantation. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Slavery -- Mississippi -- History -- 19th century; Cotton growing -- Mississippi -- History -- 19th century; Plantations -- Mississippi -- Natchez Region
Relational Format
Archival Material
Original Format
ledgers (account books)
Original Collection
Locust Grove Plantation Slave Ledger (MUM00275), Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, University of Mississippi
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Rights
No Copyright - United States; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
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