Paul Cameron Letter, November 8, 1847

Paul Cameron Letter, November 8, 1847

Antebellum Plantation Life

Paul writes to his father in Raleigh, noting he has received his father's letter from Virgil. Paul is relieved to hear his father has been "set free" from the "negro disease" involving chill and fever. Paul relays the health of family members, then notes the death of an 18-year old slave Betsy on the Little River Plantation in Haw River. Paul indicates death comes so fast that they usually cannot call for physician care. Paul is still awaiting supplies (bagging, iron, rope). Paul mentions pricing of supplies and bales. Paul has received a letter from the Alabama overseer Lewellyn who conveys news of no slave deaths and cotton yields with concern over enough pork to feed the slaves. Paul notes sending someone to Henderson with flour that is apparently bartered for supplies (salt).

Paul Cameron

Cameron Family Papers, 1757-1978

Photographed, transcribed, tagged, and shared in this Omeka Collection by Dr. Kevin Oliver, North Carolina State University College of Education

November 8, 1847

As noted in the source collection, “copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.”

The Southern Historical Collection at the Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Personal correspondence, letter

series: 1.3.3, box: 43, folder: 1020

United States: Kentucky

United States: North Carolina (Fairntosh; Haw River; Henderson; Little River Plantation; Orange County; Stagville)

United States: Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)

United States: Virginia (Petersburg)

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