Letter from Stoke Plantation Overseer Thomas Finklea to John Ball, October 26, 1827

Title:

Letter from Stoke Plantation Overseer Thomas Finklea to John Ball, October 26, 1827

Date:

1827

Creator (Personal):

Finklea, Thomas

Description:

A letter from Stoke Plantation overseer Thomas Finklea to John Ball in Charleston discussing the plantation fields, the enslaved man Pompey informing Finklea about a location where sheep were being butchered, Young Daniel having been found guilty of the butchering and "flogged," having Daniel "in limbo" but flogging him each day and night until he confesses who helped him, notes about the enslaved persons Old Dido, Stoke Violet, Ben, "Jerico Jack," Sander, Tenah, and Young Primus, and an inventory of cattle.

Collection Title:

Ball Family Papers, 1631-1895

Contributing Institution:

South Carolina Historical Society

Media Type:

Manuscripts

Personal or Corporate Subject:

Ball family

Topical Subject:

Cattle, Slave records, Plantations--South Carolina, Slavery--South Carolina, Inventories, Letters, Punishment, Sheep, Plantation overseers, Flagellation, Letter writing, Enslaved women, Enslaved persons, and Enslaved children

Geographic Subject:

South Carolina

S.C. County:

Berkeley County (S.C.)

Language:

English

Shelving Locator:

11-516A-32 (1134.00)

Date Digital:

2023-07

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:

290875