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2. 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. Record of Claremont Church, 1808-1865
- Date:
- 1850-1859, 1860-1869, 1840-1849, 1830-1839, 1800-1809, 1810-1819, and 1820-1829
- Description:
- The Record of Claremont Church, 1808-1865, is a bound volume that records lists of communicants, baptisms for infants and adults, burials for confederate soldiers and church members, confirmations and marriages performed. Each section includes entries for both enslaved people, freed persons, and white church members. The entries for enslaved people often include the names of their parents or mother, age, name of their slave owner or if they are free.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.