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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: 1838-12-03 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Document is an 1838 bill of sale for slaves “Judy and her three children” to future Governor of Alabama Geroge S. Houston (1874-1878). The purchase was made at a public auction in Limestone County, Alabama. The names of the slaves listed are Judy and her three children: Surry, Rhoda, and Saphrona. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1851-11-01 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: This document is an 1851 bill of sale for a slave named Lucy. Lucy was purchased by future Alabama Governor George S. Houston (1874-1878). The seller of Lucy was a man by the name of John A. Johnson. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1842-01-11 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: O’Brien writes that he is unsatisfied with Priscella because she “is subject to such fits…is not able to stand…[and] is quite useless.” O’Brien asks Stone to send him a younger girl to replace Priscilla. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1841-11-29 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: In the letter Clement asks for a reduction in the price of hire for Matilda because of the medical expenses incurred due to Matilda’s pregnancy. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1841-10-06 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: William Brantley, the donor, writes: "the letter is a wild account of forged check which bank will not pay, counterfeiters, stolen slaves, and shootings in Tuscaloosa." 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: 1826 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: William M. Marr was a wealthy plantation owner in early Tuscaloosa. In March 1828, the University of Alabama Board of Trustees narrowed their search to several locations in Tuscaloosa to erect their school buildings. It was eventually decided that Marr’s plantation would be the site of the new ca... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1845-11-04 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Transcription available. In this letter, dated 4 November 1845, Dr. Prevost writes to his father in Philadelphia on his experience during his travels on the Steamboat Eliza bound for the U.S. Arsenal at Mt. Vernon, Alabama. Dr. Prevost describes in amazing detail his experience on the Alabama Ri... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1845-11-03 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Transcription available. In this letter, dated 3 November 1845, Dr. Prevost writes to a relative in Philadelphia on his experience during his travels on the Steamboat Eliza bound for the U.S. Arsenal at Mt. Vernon, Alabama. William Brantley, the donor, wrote "Good account of bachelor life of you... View Full Item at Samford University Library