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October 2, 1827 letter from Joseph Watson to Philip Hickey insisting he cooperate with the investigations into the kidnapped African American children. He asks that Hickey provide any information pertaining to the Pickards and describes the evidence…

Receipt from Warren County Jail, Mississippi, dated June 12, 1857, for escaped slave.

Letter from Vilet Lester to her former owner, Pastey Patterson, briefly describing her chain of owners since she left Patterson. She inquires about several individuals, including her daughter, whom Lester’s new owner agreed to buy in order to reunite…

The Locust Grove Plantation Ledger contains the names, marriages, births, and deaths of enslaved peoples on a plantation which internal evidence suggests was Locust Grove Plantation in Jefferson County, Mississippi. Ledger also contains cotton…

Handwritten entries into a ledger documenting work at the McCalley Plantation.

Handwritten petition to the Tennessee Legislature requesting to abolish slavery with over 70 signatures from county residents.

Deed transferring Fort Hill farm from Floride Calhoun and Cornelia M. Calhoun to Andrew P. Calhoun including a schedule of the slaves with their names and ages.

A receipt for the sale of a slave by the name of Hinson, purchased by W.H. Mein from Jas E. Allen for the sum of 2,750 dollars.

Receipt for payment received by James T. Magbee for services rendered by a Negro woman named Nancy.

The Locust Grove Plantation Ledger contains the names, marriages, births, and deaths of enslaved peoples on a plantation which internal evidence suggests was Locust Grove Plantation in Jefferson County, Mississippi. Ledger also contains cotton…