The Locust Grove Plantation Ledger

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Title

The Locust Grove Plantation Ledger

Subject

Slavery -- Mississippi -- History -- 19th century; Cotton growing -- Mississippi -- History -- 19th century; Plantations -- Mississippi -- Natchez Region

Description

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 harvest data for each slave. Some pages include newspaper clippings discussing agricultural and domestic techniques and advice. The plantation was founded in 1777 under the name Mount Locust, and the name was changed by Samuel Postlethwait when he purchased the plantation.

Creator

unknown

Source

The Locust Grove Plantation Ledger, Archives and Special Collections, The University of Mississippi Libraries

Date

circa 1825-1845

Contributor

The Department of Archives & Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries

Rights

No Copyright - United States; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Relation

https://egrove.olemiss.edu/deeplyrooted/5/

Format

image/jpeg

Language

eng

Type

text

Identifier

mum00275_b01_f01

Coverage

Antebellum Mississippi
Unknown, circa 1825-1845