Register of Enslaved Persons and Blanket Book, 1804-1821

Title:

Register of Enslaved Persons and Blanket Book, 1804-1821

Date:

1800

Description:

The Register of Enslaved Persons and Blanket Book, 1804-1821, is a bound volume kept by or for a member of the Ball family. The register contains lists of enslaved men, women and children given blankets at Midway, Limerick, Quinby, Hyde Park, Backriver and Jericho Plantations. Information also includes lists of enslaved children born on the plantations, the name of their mother, date of birth and date of death.

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, Plantations--South Carolina, Slavery--South Carolina, Death, Blankets, Childbirth, Birth, Registers, Registers of birth, etc, Enslaved women, Enslaved persons, Enslaved children, and Death registers

Geographic Subject:

South Carolina, Limerick Plantation (S.C.), Jericho Plantation (S.C.), and Midway Plantation (S.C.)

S.C. County:

Berkeley County (S.C.)

Language:

English

Shelving Locator:

11-515_F10 (1134.00)

Date Digital:

2023-05

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:

291502