Finding Aid for the Locust Grove Plantation Slave Ledger (MUM00275)

Authors

Document Type

Finding Aid

Collection Date

1825-1845

Identifier

MUM00275

LCSH

Slavery -- Mississippi -- History -- 19th century; Cotton growing -- Mississippi -- History -- 19th century; Plantations -- Mississippi -- Natchez Region

General Physical Description Note

1 oversize box (0.75 linear feet)

Description

The collection is a ledger, 1825-1845, containing the names, marriages, births, and deaths of slaves on the Locust Grove Plantation in Jefferson County, Miss. The ledger also contains cotton harvest data for each slave.

Recommended Citation

Locust Grove Plantation Slave Ledger, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi