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R. Ogden, representative of Mississippi bank in New Orleans sends further details to Duncan Cameron with regard to purchase of indebted Louisiana plantation in American Parish, Carroll. The plantation is generally described in terms of its animals,…

The overseer describes plantation crops, general slave health, a runaway slave named Juber who was caught in Greensboro Alabama, two slaves Salby and Aggy giving birth to a daughter/son respectively, an accident involving a horse while plowing, and…

Paul writes home to his father from his new plantation property in Greene County, Alabama, noting his journey from North Carolina to Alabama took one week. Paul describes the health of slaves and a process of inspection. Paul indicates slaves are…

Paul writes home to his father from a road trip to Alabama, relaying details of the trip involving stagecoach and steamboat. Paul was displeased to share a coach with "negroes" en route from Atlanta to Chehaw. Paul refers to counties he saw in "new…

Paul writes to his father in Raleigh, discussing plans to move some slaves to his new plantation in Greene County, Alabama, procuring tents for women and children, buttons for clothing, and mules for wagons. An overseer named Walker from the Snowhill…