Overseer's Report for Chicora Wood Plantation, July 20th, 1864

Title:

Overseer's Report for Chicora Wood Plantation, July 20th, 1864

Date:

1864

Creator (Personal):

Belflowers, Jesse

Description:

A letter to Charlotte Allston from the overseer at Chicora Wood Plantation discussing tasks performed by enslaved persons and crop farming. Makes an inquiry on what should be done with the enslaved man Toney who is "under the belief that he will be punished."

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, Letters, Crops, and Plantation overseers

Geographic Subject:

South Carolina

S.C. County:

Georgetown County (S.C.) and Chicora Wood Plantation (S.C.)

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:

265448