Ebenezer Kellogg diary, 1817-1818

Summary

Creator:

Kellogg, Ebenezer, 1789-1846

Date:

1817-1818

Extent:

1 folder(s)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Ebenezer Kellogg diary, ms516, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of the diary of Ebenezer Kellogg from 1817-1818 written to Chester Dewey, Professor of Mathmatics. Kellogg describes his journey from Williamstown, Massachusetts to Charleston, South Carolina, Savannah, Georgia, and towns along the Georgia coast. Most of the entries pertain to Georgia and discuss the people and towns Kellogg visited. Kellogg writes about plantations and farming practices, particularly cotton and rice; and slavery, including how enslaved populations lived, their treatment, and religious instruction.

Biographical / historical:

Ebenezer Kellogg (1789-1846), educator at Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts (1815-1846), was born in Vernon, Connecticut.

Related

Other descriptive data:

Accompanying copy of A New Englander's Impressions of Georgia in 1817-1818: Extracts from the diary of Ebenezer Kellogg edited by Sidney Walter Martinis located in Special Collections Hargrett, call number LXK23 .M383n (c. 2).

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Slavery -- Georgia -- History.
Plantation life -- Georgia.
Rice farmers -- Georgia.
Enslaved persons -- Georgia
Diaries.

Places:

Georgia -- Social life and customs.
South Carolina -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.

Preferred citation:

Ebenezer Kellogg diary, ms516, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.