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Title:
Alonzo White Account Book
Date:
1853
Creator (Personal):
White, Alonzo James, 1812-1880
Description:
This account book contains information relating to the domestic slave trade, compiled by, or for, Alonzo White, an auctioneer, broker, and commission agent in Charleston, SC. It includes lists of enslaved people, one list of agricultural goods, attached lists of enslaved people and calculations. Slave lists include amounts of money received from sales as well as the names, ages and other information related to the enslaved person's physical conditions, occupations, and skills. Sales listed are for the estate of Dr. J.W. Schmidt (plantation in St. Bartholomew's Parish, Colleton District and "city negroes"), J.I.H., W.P. Ingraham (Spring Hill and Benevento Plantations), Lieutenant Shubrick, the estate of Mrs. James Lowndes, J.W. Wilkinson, W.J. Grayson, S. Magwood, Charles Alston Jr., and Capt. D.N. Ingraham. Additional sales are for R. DeTreville, Col. J.P. Alston (of Waccamaw), W.M. Hunt, H.P. Walker, J. Motte Alston, Charles Kerrison, Chas. Bearing, Harmony [Plantation], the estate of Harriett Hamlin (Samuel H. Hamlin, administrator), A. & W. Middleton, the estate of W[illia]m S. Fenell, and J.L. Fabian.
Collection Title:
South Carolina Historical Society Manuscripts
Contributing Institution:
South Carolina Historical Society
Media Type:
Manuscripts
Personal or Corporate Subject:
White, Alonzo James, 1812-1880
Topical Subject:
Slave records--South Carolina, Slave trade--South Carolina, Slaves--South Carolina, South Carolina--History--Sources, Auctions--South Carolina--Charleston, and African Americans--South Carolina--History--Sources
Geographic Subject:
South Carolina--History
S.C. County:
Charleston County (S.C.)
Language:
English
Shelving Locator:
34/0350
Date Digital:
2016-06-24
Digitization Specifications:
600 dpi, 24-bit depth, color, Archival masters are tiffs.
Internet Media Type:
image/jpeg
Copyright Status Statement:
Public domain.
Access Information:
For more information contact South Carolina Historical Society at Addlestone Library, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, 29424.
Admin ID:
23444 |