This journal contains detailed records of all the slaves on the Plantation in 1828. It shows the names of the slaves and their respective occupations on the plantation. It also goes on to detail the increases and decreases of the slaves, which were by birth or death. The births have details of the mother's name and the child's name. The document also gives a detailed list of the livestock on the farm, including the cattle, sheep, horses and pigs.
Release for Hope Plantation, Charleston District, owned by William Elliot Morris and Anna E. Morris, with the names of eighty-five enslaved persons. The two enslaved men Isaac and John are described as "these are in town."