Jones County slave trade documents (naming enslaved persons ), 1854-1863

Summary

Creator:

Kitchens, Bose

Date:

1854-1863

Extent:

0.1 Linear Feet 5 documents

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Jones County slave trade documents, ms4010, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of documents regarding slave trade. One letter documents the sale of a enslaved man named Amos from Boze Kitchens [Kitchings] of Sumter County to John Humphries of Jones County, Georgia. A group of three documents details the dispute of a transfer of enslaved persons from Jones County, Georgia to Mississippi in the settlement of a debt. Included is a letter from A. H. Broach to his brother Calvin asking him to take care in the sale of an enslaved man named Peter. Letter also names other enslaved persons

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Slave records -- Georgia.
Slavery -- Southern States.
Slave trade -- Georgia.
Slavery -- Georgia -- History.
Enslaved persons -- Georgia

Places:

Jones County (Ga.) -- Records and correspondence.

Preferred citation:

Jones County slave trade documents, ms4010, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.