Finding Aid for the King and Anderson Plantation Collection (MUM01746)

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Document Type

Finding Aid

Collection Date

1882-1892

Identifier

MUM01746

LCSH

Plantation life -- Mississippi -- Delta (Region); Plantation life -- Mississippi -- Coahoma County; Slavery -- Mississippi -- Delta (Region); King and Anderson Plantation (Miss.); Mississippi -- Economic conditions; ledgers (account books)

General Physical Description Note

18 accounting ledgers

Description

King and Anderson Plantation was a 17,000-acre plantation near Clarksdale, Miss. It was founded circa 1830-1840, and continued to operate well into the 20th century. The collection contains seventeen ledgers detailing operating expenses of the King and Anderson Plantation, and one ledger detailing operations of the Yazoo Delta Mortgage Company.

Recommended Citation

King and Anderson Plantation Collection (MUM01746). The Department of Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi.

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