Overseer's Report for Chicora Wood Plantation, July 6th, 1864
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- Title:
- Overseer's Report for Chicora Wood Plantation, July 6th, 1864
- Date:
- 1864
- Creator (Personal):
- Belflowers, Jesse
- Description:
- A letter to Charlotte Allston from the overseer at Chicora Wood Plantation discussing the crops and tasks performed by enslaved persons. Makes notation that the enslaved person Stephen, his family and the enslaved person Toney escaped the plantation for the "yankees." He explains that one of the boats is missing and how the overseer stayed up all night "not knowing what Stephen will do."
- Collection Title:
- Allston Family Papers, 1730-1901
- Contributing Institution:
- South Carolina Historical Society
- Media Type:
- Manuscripts
- Topical Subject:
- Slave records, Slaveholders, Plantations--South Carolina, Slave labor, Slavery--South Carolina, Fugitive slaves, Letters, Crops, and Plantation overseers
- Geographic Subject:
- South Carolina
- S.C. County:
- Georgetown County (S.C.), Chicora Wood Plantation (S.C.), Confederate States of America, and United States--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Language:
- English
- Shelving Locator:
- 12-06_F34 (1164.00)
- Date Digital:
- 2022-10
- Digitization Specifications:
- 600 dpi, 24-bit depth, color, Epson Expression 10000XL. Archival masters are tiffs.
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Copyright Status Statement:
- Public Domain.
- Access Information:
- For more information and re-use requirements contact the South Carolina Historical Society, Charleston, SC, 29401.
- Admin ID:
- 265441
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