1. Letter to Harold Cranston from James Vidal, November 11, 1850
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2. Letter to Harold Cranston from James Vidal, August 16, 1850
- Date:
- 1850-08-16
- Description:
- A letter to Harold Cranston on Capers Island from James Vidal discussing Vidal's questioning of the enslaved persons. Concerning the enslaved persons, Vidal writes, "if you have too much familiarity, it will spoil them." He continues by discussing a boat and the unknown location of his rafts.
3. A.B Flagg Medical Day Book, 1792-1853
- Date:
- 1850-1859, 1840-1849, 1830-1839, 1800-1809, 1810-1819, 1820-1829, and 1790-1799
- Description:
- The A.B Flagg Medical Day Book, 1792-1853, is the medical account of Doctor Arthur Belin Flagg. This book includes descriptions of medical treatments and a list of fees for medical services for plantation families and slaves. The details includes the names of the plantation owners and the names of the enslaved peoples. Also recorded in this account book is Dr. Flagg's visit to the military location Camp Magill in Waccamaw, South Carolina to treat wounded soldiers during the Civil War in 1861.The last section of the book was written starting from the back of the book resulting in upside down pages. The names of the enslaved people are listed as: Amelia, Ananias, Aplira, Beck, Ben, Betsy, Betty, Beu, Billy, Bina, Bob, Brutus, Caesar, Carolina, Catty, Charles, Charlotte, Chrysilla, Clara, Cyrus, Delia, Dianah, Emiline, Flora, Francis, Gabriel, Hampton, Hariet, Henrietta, Henry, Hep, Jack, James, Jane, Jenny, Johny, Joseph, Judy, Juno, Letty, Louisia, Lucy, Lydia, Margaret, Martha, Mary, May, Melia, Mia, Monday, Note, Nurse, Patty, Peggy, Polly, Prince, Priscilla, Rhina, Rose, Sally, Sam/Samuel, Sarah, Scripio, Smart, Stewart, Tom, and Will/William
4. James Simons Account Book, 1838-1854
- Date:
- 1850-1859, 1838, 1839, and 1840-1849
- Description:
- The James Simons Account Book, 1838-1854, contains financial information for Mrs. Harleston Simons in account with James Simons. Accounts include payments made for shoes, clothing, slave badges, and wages for enslaved persons. The names of the enslaved persons are written as Martha, Billy, John, Sammy, Annette, Lydia, Charlotte, and Richard.
5. Letter to Harold Cranston from James Vidal, August 7, 1850
- Date:
- 1850-08-07
- Description:
- A letter to Harold Cranston on Capers Island from James Vidal discussing a shipment of corn, oakum, coffee, sugar, the plantation crop, construction of the flat, and needing enslaved persons for work.
6. Letter to Harold Cranston from James Vidal, November 7, 1850
- Date:
- 1850-11-07
- Description:
- A letter to Harold Cranston on Capers Island from James Vidal discussing his brother traveling to Hunting Island for palmettos, the enslaved persons Noble and Eugene repairing the plantation boat, requesting for the use of the enslaved man Dedfort in exchange for an enslaved boy, and Vidal suffering from a sickness.
7. Letter to Harold Cranston from James Vidal, September 19, 1850
- Date:
- 1850-09-19
- Description:
- A letter to Harold Cranston on Capers Island from James Vidal discussing the enslaved "noble Dedfort," assistance of Captain William in carting timber, that the enslaved workers are "there to obey your order," and a shipment of tobacco, whiskey and molasses.
8. Letter to Harold Cranston from James Vidal, September 29, 1850
- Date:
- 1850-09-29
- Description:
- A letter to Harold Cranston on Capers Island from James Vidal discussing enslaved persons delivering a jug of whiskey, his inability to get shoes, and Vidal expressing to Cranston that "white or black were under your control." Vidal further writes about talks among his enslaved persons but that he does not believe them. He ends by discussing a man named Tony getting drunk in the village.
9. Letter to Harold Cranston from James Vidal, November 3, 1850
- Date:
- 1850-11-03
- Description:
- A letter to Harold Cranston on Capers Island from James Vidal discussing an enslaved person named Dedfort, selling wood, the hiring of workmen, delivering wood to Sullivan's Island, boat captain Sinclair and purchasing tar.
10. H.F #9 Dr. A.B Flagg Medical Accounts 1850-54
- Date:
- 1850-1859
- Description:
- The A.B Flagg Medical Account Book is the medical account of Georgetown County physician Arthur Belin Flagg that records his visits to patients on various plantations. His patients include the families who own the plantations as well as the enslaved peoples on the properties. The names of the enslaved peoples are listed as: Abby, Abram, Adaline, Adam, Alexander, Alice, Amelia, America, Amy, Andrew, Anthany , Anthony, August, Barbara, Barbo, Beck, Becky, Ben, Betsy, Bobit, Brays, Buck, Caimmy, Cain, Carolina, Caroline, Ceasar, Celia, Centy, Charles, Charlotte, Chisa, Chubby, Columbus, Cook, Cornelia, Dandy, David, Diannah, Dicey, Dick, Dinah, Dolly, Dozier, Eady, Elizabeth, Ella, Elsy, Emely, Eve, Fanny, Flower, Francis, Frank, Frederick, Gib, Grace, Grey, Hagar, Hannah, Hariot, Henry, Hercules, Hester, James, Jane, Jenny, Jerry, Jim/Jimmy, Joanna, Joe, John/Johnney, Josephine, Juddy, Julia, July, June, Juno, Kate, Katy, Lalanne, Laura, Lauria, Lavan, Leah, Libby, Lora, Lousia, Lucy, Margaret, Maria, Marianne, Martha, Matt/Matte, Mazareen, Minty, Mood, Motte, Mystella, Nancy, Nannette, Nanny/Nany, Nelly, Nero, Nicklaus, Parker, Patty, Paul, Peggy, Peter, Philis, Phoebe, Phylis, PollodoPrince, Pyanna, Rebecca, Richard, Rina, Robert, Robin, Rody, Rosena, Saby, Sally, Sam, Sambo, Sandy, Sarah, Silus, Simon, Stella, Sue, Susy, Syche, Tammy, Titus, Willard, Willy, and York.
11. Petition for Sale of the Enslaved Man Sam, 1850
- Date:
- 1850-02-26
- Description:
- An estate dispute over an enslaved man named Sam.
12. Amount of Purchase for Eighteen Enslaved Persons to J.B. Waring from James Simons, 1850s
- Date:
- 1850-1859
- Description:
- An amount of purchase for eighteen named enslaved persons purchased by J.B. Waring from James Simons for $6,200.
13. Newton Plantation Slave Lists and Blanket Distribution Book, 1854-1861
- Date:
- 1850-1859, 1860, and 1861
- Description:
- The Newton Plantation Slave Lists and Blanket Distribution Book, 1854-1861, is a bound book recording the names of enslaved persons at Newton Plantation (thought to be in Georgetown County, South Carolina). The lists include information concerning births, deaths, marriages, and purchasers of slaves. The blanket list includes names of the slaves, and the years blankets were distributed.
14. Kiawah Plantation Book, 1854-1861
- Date:
- 1850-1859 and 1860-1869
- Description:
- The Kiawah Plantation Book, 1854-1861, is kept by a member of the Vanderhorst Family for their estate Kiawah Plantation on Kiawah Island, South Carolina. The book includes the names of enslaved men, women and children, mentions of slave allowances, blankets given out to slaves, payments to the overseer and information related to crops and livestock.
15. Robert F.W. Allston Account Book, 1855-1864
- Date:
- 1850-1859 and 1860-1869
- Description:
- The Robert F.W. Allston Account Book, 1855-1864, records financial accounts for crops such as rice and corn as well as the names of enslaved people on the plantation.
16. J. J. Miles in a/c with Benjamin Perry Account Book
- Date:
- 1850-1859, 1860-1869, and 1840-1849
- Description:
- Volume Two of the Benjamin Perry's Wards Collection contains the account of Jeremiah Jackson Miles. Accounts show expenses for items such as shoes, clothing, cloth, travel, boarding fees, tuition for the Citadel Academy, income from interest and the wages of slaves. The enslaved men and women are listed as: Amey, March, Mark, Miley and Peter.
17. John Allen Miles Account Book
- Date:
- 1850-1859, 1860-1869, and 1840-1849
- Description:
- Volume One of the Benjamin Perry's Wards Collection contains the account of John Allen Miles kept by his guardian, Benjamin Perry. Accounts show expenses for items such as shoes, clothing, cloth, travel, boarding fees, tuition for the Citadel Academy, income from interest and the wages of slaves. The enslaved men and women are listed as: Bill, Clarissa, Hector, Judy, Primus and Will.
18. Peter Gaillard Jr. Plantation Journal
- Date:
- 1850-1859, 1840-1849, 1830-1839, and 1820-1829
- Description:
- The Peter Gaillard Jr. Plantation Journal (1825-1851) is a bound volume written by Peter Gaillard Jr. and other members of the Gaillard family for Rocks Plantation. The volume consists of names of the enslaved people on the property as well as registers of births and deaths, statements and financial accounts related to the farming and selling of cotton as well as tax returns for the estate of S. Gaillard.
19. Good Hope Plantation Journal
- Date:
- 1850-1859, 1860, 1840-1849, and 1830-1839
- Description:
- The Good Hope Plantation Account Book is a bound volume containg accounts of plantation finances and slaves at Good Hope Plantation which was inherited by Joseph Dulles from Ann Heatley Reid Lovell. Entries include the delivery of slaves to Augustus Marshall with the names and ages of each slave and other notations concerning to which states they were sent and occasionally dates of death. Also included are entries listing plantation stock, crops, and other goods, including the names of buyers and prices paid. Cash accounts recorded in the book include amounts paid for slaves and numerous goods. Other entries includes proceeds from plantation stock sales. Loose papers contain information about the amount of cotton produced, names of overseers and the names of slaves, their parents, births and death dates, ages and diseases. The names of the male slaves are listed as: Aaron, Abel, Abram, Adam, Alick, Amos, Anderson, Andrew, Asbury, Bedney, Beek, Benjamin, Biddy, Bill, Billy, Born, Boston, Burge, Caleb, Captain, Cato, Cesar, Chance, Charles, Christian, Clifton, Colin, Cuffee, D. Cyrus, Daniel, Dave, Derrill, Dick, Doctor, Edmund, Edward, Elijah, Ellison, Ephraim, Gabriel, Geofrey, George, Hal, Harry, Hector, Henry, Isaac, Ishmael, Israel, Jack, Jacob, Jake, James, Jaspar, Jeffrey, Jemmy, Jenkins, Jesse, Joe, John, Johnson, Jolly, Jonas, Joshua, Juliann, July, Junius, Lawrence, Leriel, Lewis, Lewy, Linus, Luke, Majin, Major, March, Marek, Mark, Marlbro, Matthew, Mattro, Mike, Minty, Moses, Myers, Nat, Nathan, Ness, Nestor, Paul, Peter, Peter, Primus, Prince, Prince, Reid, Reuty, Richard, Sabb, Sambo, Samuel, Sepio, Shadrach, Sharper, Shepherd, Simmons, Solomon, Stephen, Stepney, Sumter, Thisby, Timothy, Titus, Tom, Uriah, Washington and William. The names of the female slaves are listed as:Abby, Adeline, Affy, Amanda, Amelia, Anny, Beck, Bella, Bess, Betsy, Betty, Biddy, Bridget, Candace, Carolina, Caroline, Celena, Charity, Clara, Clarinda, Clarissa, Claudia, Cyrus, Daphne , Debby, Diana, Dolly, Down Country, Duck, Elisha, Eliza, Elizabeth, Elizza, Ellen, Elsey/Elsy, Emma, Esther, Eve, Fanny, Fillis, Flora, Friday, Friendly, Gadsy, Georgiana, Gipsey, Hannah, Harriet, India, Jane, Jemima, Jenessa, Jenny, Julia, Juliana, June, Laura, Leah, Ledice, Lena, Leressa, Letetia, Lettice, Louisa, Lucy, Lycia, Lydia, March, Margaret, Maria, Mary, Mary Ann, Melia, Meta, Miley, Milly, Minta, Molly, Nancy, Nanny, Nelly, Ness, Paddy, Patty, Phebe, Phillis, Phoebe, Pidgeon, Polly, Puss, Rachel, Rebecca, Rina, Ritta, Rose, Rosilla, Roxana, Ruth, Sarah, Shannon, Sinda, Sophia, Summer, Susanna, Sylbia, Sylvia, Teresa, Titea and Violet.
20. Gourdin Plantation Journal
- Date:
- 1850-1859, 1860-1869, and 1840-1849
- Description:
- The Gourdin Plantation Journal owned by Peter Gourdin of Cote Bas Plantation is a journal written in 1865 filled with mostly blank pages but when applicable, contains lists of slaves and later freedmen, women and children on the plantation documenting their names, ages, deaths and relationships from the 1840s to 1860s. The names of the former slaves and later freedmen, women and children on the plantation are listed as: Alick, Amey, Andy, Bandz, Bathesheba, Bep/Young Bep, Betty, Binkey, Bitty, Buchanan, Camda, Camdan, Caroline, Cato, Caty, Charlotte, Charly, Cinda, Cretia, Davis, Dennis, Diana, Dinah, Dolly, Ede, Edmund, Emery, Emma, Ephraim, Fillmore, Frank Pina, Frederick, Hagar, Hannah, Hector, Hesther, Jackson, James, Jane, Jenny, Jim/Big Jim/Little Jim, Jimmy/Jimy, Joe, John, Julia, June, Lavinia, Lenah, Linah, Lyndy, March, Margaret, Martha, Mary, Minda, Miria, Nanny, Old Sam, Part, Patuna, Peggy/Old Peggy, Pompey, Rachel, Richard, Rinty, Rock, Sally, Sampson, Samuel, Sarah, Silvy, Smart, Stephen and Toney.
21. South Mulberry Plantation Journal
- Date:
- 1850-1859, 1890-1899, 1880-1889, 1870-1879, 1860-1869, 1840-1849, and 1900-1910
- Description:
- The South Mulberry Plantation Journal is a bound journal kept by Sandford William Barker containing farming records of South Mulberry Plantation and agricultural experiments carried out in Berkely County, South Carolina. Details within the journal include lists of crop acreage, experiments on wood from various trees by Dr. Julius Porcher, experiments with rice by Sandford Barker and lists of enslaved men, women and children containing their names, occupations, birth dates and death dates. The names of the slaves are listed as: Adam, Alsey, Amelia, Amy, Anna, April, August, Becks, Billy, Cain, Catto, Chance, Charlotte, Cloe, Delia, Dinah, Dorilla, Dover, Edward, Emma, Grace, Hannah, Harriet, Hector, Hercules, Isaac, Jackson, James, Juno, Kittan, Lucas, Lucy, Luddy, Maria, Marianne, Mary, Melinda, Nancy, Nippy, November, Palsey, Phoebe, Rachel, Ralph, Robin, Sabina, Sam, Samuel, Samy, Sarah, Saulsbery, Susan, Susannah, Susette, Tom and Venus.