Ball Family Account and Blanket Book, 1720-1778

Title:

Ball Family Account and Blanket Book, 1720-1778

Date:

1770

Description:

The Ball Family Account and Blanket Book, 1720-1778, includes lists of purchases, expenses, blankets given out to enslaved persons, and names/ages of enslaved persons at Midway, Limerick, Comingtee and Kensington Plantations. The book includes a loose list of enslaved men with their place of birth and ages, ca. 1750, currently on exhibit at the South Carolina Historical Society Museum.

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, Account books, Plantations--South Carolina, Slavery--South Carolina, Blankets, Purchasing, Names, Age, Costs, Enslaved women, Enslaved persons, and Enslaved children

Geographic Subject:

South Carolina

S.C. County:

Berkeley County (S.C.)

Language:

English

Shelving Locator:

11-515-F05 (1134.00)

Date Digital:

2023-05

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:

291166