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The overseer indicates 95 bales of cotton have been picked out by 50 hands who picked 7194 pounds of cotton on a given day. Several named slaves are listed as sick.

The overseer indicates he has 60 cotton pickers working fields picking 5000 to 6000 pounds of cotton per day. He lists seven pickers and their average poundage picked over three days. The name of the local tax collector is provided, and 12 sick…

The overseer describes harvesting cotton and the condition of the crop, listing names of three slaves and how many pounds of cotton they picked in a day, and names of four slaves confined to their house due to health.

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…