Overseer's Report for Chicora Wood Plantation, July 13th, 1864

Title:

Overseer's Report for Chicora Wood Plantation, July 13th, 1864

Date:

1864

Creator (Personal):

Belflowers, Jesse

Description:

A letter to Charlotte Allston from the overseer at Chicora Wood Plantation discussing crops, a sickness on the plantation and resistance from enslaved persons, particularly females, following Stephen's departure. Makes notation that the enslaved person Toney came back and has not been punished. According to Toney, Stephen tricked Toney to travel with him, only to be told later on that Stephen, who was supposedly armed, was taking his family to the "Yankees" and that Toney needs to come with them. Toney eventually was able to leave and return to the plantation.

Collection Title:

Allston Family Papers, 1730-1901

Contributing Institution:

South Carolina Historical Society

Media Type:

Manuscripts

Topical Subject:

Slave records, Slaveholders, Plantations--South Carolina, Slave labor, Slavery--South Carolina, Fugitive slaves, Diseases, Letters, Crops, Plantation overseers, and Women slaves

Geographic Subject:

South Carolina

S.C. County:

Georgetown County (S.C.), Chicora Wood Plantation (S.C.), Confederate States of America, and United States--Civil War, 1861-1865

Language:

English

Shelving Locator:

12-06_F34 (1164.00)

Date Digital:

2022-10

Digitization Specifications:

600 dpi, 24-bit depth, color, Epson Expression 10000XL. 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:

265444