Letter from Stoke Plantation Overseer Thomas Finklea to John Ball, September 10, 1833
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- Title:
- Letter from Stoke Plantation Overseer Thomas Finklea to John Ball, September 10, 1833
- Date:
- 1833
- Creator (Personal):
- Finklea, Thomas
- Description:
- A letter from Stoke Plantation overseer Thomas Finklea to John Ball in Charleston discussing the work of Elsey, Thomas, Sena, Rachel and Jack, the rice and pea harvest, the poor health of numerous enslaved persons, and having to "switch" Stoke Abram, Stoke Rose, and Silvey's Hannah for stealing.
- Collection Title:
- Ball Family Papers, 1631-1895
- Contributing Institution:
- South Carolina Historical Society
- Media Type:
- Manuscripts
- Personal or Corporate Subject:
- Ball family
- Topical Subject:
- Slave records, Plantations--South Carolina, Slavery--South Carolina, Rice, Health, Letters, Punishment, Peas, Sick, Flagellation, Letter writing, Plantation overseer, Enslaved women, Stealing, and Enslaved persons
- Geographic Subject:
- South Carolina
- S.C. County:
- Berkeley County (S.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Shelving Locator:
- 11-516A-32A (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:
- 290896
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