Richmond Plantation Journal
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- Title:
- Richmond Plantation Journal
- Date:
- 1859
- Creator (Personal):
- Weston, Anthony
- Description:
- The Richmond Plantation Journal, 1859-1860 was kept by Anthony Weston, Benjamin Huger's overseer. Entries concern activities on the rice plantation primarily related to rice cultivation (plowing, manuring, cleaning ditches, threshing and winnowing.) Also mentioned are corn, peas, potatoes, livestocks, the weather and lists of goods and prices. The journal also includes entries relating to slave allowances as well as violence towards slaves including flogging and imprisonment. The names of the slaves are listed as: Affee, Anthony, Benego, Big Tony, Billy/Runaway Billy, Bina, Carpenter Sam, Cloe, Cornelia, Cyrus, Delia, Dina, Ellick, Ellie, Grace, Handy, Hector, Jack, Jak, John, Jose, Juda, Juiet, Margaret, Martha, Morris, Moses, Peggy, Peter, Pino, Racheal, Rock, Sally, Sarah, Simon, Thomas, Toby and William.
- Collection Title:
- Richmond Plantation Journal, 1859-1860
- Contributing Institution:
- South Carolina Historical Society
- Media Type:
- Manuscripts
- Personal or Corporate Subject:
- Weston, Anthony
- Topical Subject:
- Slaveholders, Account books, Agriculture, Plantation life, Weather, Plantations, Rice farming, Plantation overseers, Nineteenth century, and Enslaved persons
- Geographic Subject:
- South Carolina
- S.C. County:
- Berkeley County (S.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Shelving Locator:
- 34-184
- Date Digital:
- 2021-07
- Digitization Specifications:
- 400 dpi, 24-bit depth color, Bookeye 4 Basic. 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:
- 252590
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