Paul Cameron Letter, October 25, 1844
Dublin Core
Title
Paul Cameron Letter, October 25, 1844
Subject
Antebellum Plantation Life
Description
Paul writes to his father in Raleigh, reporting he has contracted with a Mr. Laws to escort some of his North Carolina slaves to a new plantation in Alabama at $6-$7 "for each negro," contrasted with $10 "for each horse." He finds the price higher than anticipated. He alludes to enough bacon for 30 days, perhaps the anticipated length of the trip. Paul notes a child is ill in Judge Ruffin's family.
Creator
Paul Cameron
Source
Cameron Family Papers, 1757-1978
Publisher
Photographed, transcribed, tagged, and shared in this Omeka Collection by Dr. Kevin Oliver, North Carolina State University College of Education
Date
October 25, 1844
Rights
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.”
Relation
The Southern Historical Collection at the Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Personal correspondence, letter
Identifier
series: 1.3.3, box: 40, folder: 936
Coverage
United States: North Carolina (Hillsboro; Person County)
Text Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Paper
Files
Collection
Citation
Paul Cameron, “Paul Cameron Letter, October 25, 1844,” Plantation Letters, accessed October 20, 2026, https://plantationletters.org/items/show/5.