Letter from Kensington Plantation Overseer James Coward to John Ball, November 8, 1833

Title:

Letter from Kensington Plantation Overseer James Coward to John Ball, November 8, 1833

Date:

1833

Creator (Personal):

Coward, James

Description:

A letter from Kensington Plantation overseer James Coward to John Ball in Charleston discussing the death of the enslaved woman Die and her child, Affy's child being sick, and a case of typhus at Limerick Plantation.

Collection Title:

Ball Family Papers, 1631-1895

Contributing Institution:

South Carolina Historical Society

Media Type:

Manuscripts

Personal or Corporate Subject:

Ball family

Topical Subject:

Slave records, Typhoid fever, Plantations--South Carolina, Slavery--South Carolina, Death, Letters, Plantation overseers, Sick, Letter writing, Enslaved women, Enslaved persons, and Enslaved children

Geographic Subject:

South Carolina and Kensington Plantation (Berkeley County, S.C.)

S.C. County:

Berkeley County (S.C.)

Language:

English

Shelving Locator:

11-516A-34B (1134.00)

Date Digital:

2023-07

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:

291011