Jones County slave trade documents

Descriptive Summary
Title: Jones County slave trade documents
Creator: Kitchens, Bose
Inclusive Dates: 1854-1863
Language(s): English
Extent: 0.1 Linear Feet 5 documents
Collection Number: ms4010
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

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 of Sumter County to John Humphries of Jones County, Georgia. A group of three documents details the dispute of a transfer of slaves 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 or resale of his former enslaved man, Peter.

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Preferred Citation

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

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slave trade documents

Deposition of Boyd Katchings -- Lawrence Circuit Court, Mississippi--Elisha M. King v. Calvin Broach, Rachel Broach, James Strickland, 1854

Deposition detailing dispute between Calvin Broach and Rachel Broach, and Elisha King. Mentions movement of about 15 enslaved persons between Georgia and Mississippi.

Affidavit of Sale -- Boyd Katchings, John Humphries, 1863 January 30

Describes sale of an enslaved person named Amos (57)

Letter from A. H. Broach (Hamilton) to His Brother, 1834 February 2

Describes the hire of an enslaved man and mentions other (possibly) enslaved persons onwed by Broach family, named: Peter, Jimmy, Milky, Jack

Deposition of Jonathan Parrish and William Cleveland, circa 1860s

Deposition describes Parrish's and Cleveland's knowledge of planned transfer of enslaved persons by Calvin and Hamilton Broach

Answers to Cross Interrogation -- Jonathan Parrish, William Cleveland, Peter L. Glower

Answers describe Parrish's, Cleveland's, and Glower's respective knowledge of the movement of enslaved persons by Calvin Broach and Hardy Morris. Also describes debts owed to Parrish and Glower