Charles Manigault Letter Book, 1846-1848
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- Title:
- Charles Manigault Letter Book, 1846-1848
- Date:
- 1848
- Creator (Personal):
- Manigault, Charles Izard, 1795-1874
- Description:
- The Charles Manigault Letter Book, 1846-1848 is a bound volume kept by Charles I. Manigault while living in Paris, France with his family between 1846-1848. Letters were sent to James Coward, overseer at Silk Hope Plantation, Thomas Middleton, R. Habersham & Son, Alfred Huger, Anthony Barclay, Y. Haynes, overseer at Gowrie Plantation, Louis Manigault and Charles Manigault Jr. Topics of conversation found in these letters include business operations at the plantations, enslaved people's resistance via running away, treatment and punishment of slaves, a group of slaves taking an overseer to court, living abroad in Paris, Charles Manigault's views on racial equality in Paris, the Manigault children's schooling in Paris and at Yale College, traveling Europe, meeting Muhammad Ali, the leader of Egypt and discussing the Mexican American War and Egyptian politics, Charles Manigault's Huguenot ancestry and history, and being in Paris during the French Revolution of 1848.
- Collection Title:
- Manigault Family Papers, 1685-1971
- Contributing Institution:
- South Carolina Historical Society
- Media Type:
- Manuscripts
- Personal or Corporate Subject:
- Middleton family
Yale College (1718-1887)
Huger, Alfred, 1788-1872
Manigault, Charles Izard, 1795-1874
Habersham family
Manigault, Louis, 1828-1899
Louis Philippe, King of the French, 1773-1850 - Topical Subject:
- Travel, Slaveholders, Plantation owners, Letters, Plantations, Runaway slaves, Plantation overseers, Nineteenth century, Letter writing, International education, and Enslaved persons
- Geographic Subject:
- Georgia, South Carolina, Athens (Greece), Egypt, Paris (France), New Haven (Conn.), Europe, Naples (Italy), and France--Social life and customs--19th century
- S.C. County:
- Charleston County (S.C.) and Berkeley County (S.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Shelving Locator:
- 11/278A/07 (1068.00)
- Date Digital:
- 2022-04
- Digitization Specifications:
- 400 dpi, 24-bit depth color, Bookeye 4 Basic. 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:
- 271193
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