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Creator: Brookes, Martha Louise Isabella Date: 1865 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Letter dated March 2, 1865. The letter was written by Martha Louise Isabella Brookes to her father Iveson L. Brookes. The topic of discussion in the letter is on the state of slavery during the end of the Civil War. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1863 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Judging from the inventory, Rembert was a large slaveholder. Names of the slaves listed include Levenia, Busty, Molly, Joanna, Peter, Jack, Judy, Delia, Horace, John, Sue, Paris, Harritt, Armstead, Chany, Drucilla, Liddia, Nancy, Julia, Richmond, Hester, Jennett, Prince, Charles, Cato, Penny, Hen... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1862-08-09 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: The document mentions George Hamer, Hagar Southard's husband. It is believed George Hamer was one of the enslaved laborers that worked on the construction of the state capitol building in Tuscaloosa. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1864-10-11 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: The order was to “increase the efficiency of the army by the employment of free negroes and slaves in certain capacities…”. The document includes the numbers of slaves that needed to be obtained from each county “in order to make up the twenty-five hundred required for the State”. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1862-01-07 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: L. L. Prince writes: “Mr. Knot and Edmond thinks our little wagon might stick in the mud so I will not send it. The grown ones [slaves] can walk.” Oliver Prince lived in Spring Hill, near Demopolis, Marengo County. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1860-08-09 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Document from Probate Court of Tuscaloosa County, dated August 9, 1860. The document lists William A. Lindsey as legal guardian of Francis Wigfall (Weekfall) "a freeman of color age 66 years...a tanner by trade, of a copper color." View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1863-01-17 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Promissory note dated January 17, 1863, between R. Hargrove and Francis Wigfall, a freedman. Wigfall agreed to pay $96 dollars to Hargrove for the hire of a slave named Stewart, payable "in money, leather or shoes." View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1862-08-21 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Sheriff's receipt for costs in apprehending and keeping a runaway slave named John, property of Robert Cook. The receipt lists the individual fees while the slave was in custody, for example, "Whipping Slave…$1.00". The receipt is dated August 21, 1862. View Full Item at Samford University Library