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1. Frederick Fraser Receipt Book, 1793-1816

Frederick Fraser Receipt Book, 1793-1816
Date:
1800-1809, 1810-1819, and 1790-1799
Description:
The Frederick Fraser Receipt Book, 1793-1816, is a bound journal consisting of receipts for Frederick Fraser written by numerous merchants, family members and acquaintances Receipts include payments made for purchases, taxes, bonds, store accounts, pew rentals at church, cotton bagging, and the sales and purchases of enslaved men and women.

2. Day Book for Henry Ravenel Junior, Wood Ville, 1806-1822

Day Book for Henry Ravenel Junior, Wood Ville, 1806-1822
Date:
1806, 1822, 1809, 1820, 1808, 1821, 1807, and 1810-1819
Description:
The Day Book for Henry Ravenel Junior, Wood Ville, 1806-1822, is a book divided into two sections. The first section lists the names of slaves and their decedents, lists of purchased slaves with name, name of previous owner, date and price, and slaves who received shoes. The second half, which appears upside down, records family events, visits to the Pineville theatre, traveling, engagements, marriages, deaths, and attendance at the Jockey Club. Also included are entries about a hunting party to capture or kill fugitive slaves, the promise of emancipation for two female "mulatto" child slaves, and a trial over the body of a slave woman who was punished to death. This book contains a second use written upside-down and back to front.

3. Henry Ravenel Crop Book, 1809-1832

Henry Ravenel Crop Book, 1809-1832
Date:
1831, 1832, 1809, 1830, 1810-1819, and 1820-1829
Description:
The Henry Ravenel Crop Book, 1809-1832 is a book divided into two separate sections that also includes loose notes found within the book. The first section records the names and ages of the enslaved children born on the plantation and the names of their parents. The second half of the book, which appears upside down as the book was flipped for a new section, records the weather conditions, crop farming and the tasks completed by the slaves. The loose papers record the names of the enslaved people, slaves divided and allotted to Henry, Thomas, Rene and William Ravenel, the number of male and female slaves and a note to sell a family of slaves with their names and ages.

4. Daniel Huger Receipt Book, 1812-1819

Daniel Huger Receipt Book, 1812-1819
Date:
1810-1819
Description:
The Daniel Huger Receipt Book, 1812-1819, is a bound book documenting the receipts by various employees of Daniel Huger and Charleston merchants he frequented. Receipts include the payments made to buyers of enslaved people, money sent for subscriptions to newspapers and to the Charleston Library Society, the American Revolution Society, and churches. Other receipts include money for advertisements and political campaigns, employee wages, tuition money for his daughters and funeral expenses and memorials following the death of his son, Daniel Huger Jr.

5. Henry Ravenel Medical Book, 1816-1834

Henry Ravenel Medical Book, 1816-1834
Date:
1830-1839, 1810-1819, and 1820-1829
Description:
The Henry Ravenel Medical Book, 1816-1834 records medical visits and prescriptions for families and their slaves by physician Henry Ravenel. Families seeking medical treatment include Porcher, Dubois, Gaillard, Foxworth, Marion, Moore, Ravenel, Broughton and many others. Some of the diseases and injuries being treated are rheumatic diseases, fevers, fractures, kidney disease, a miscarriage, and an amputation on a child slave.