Plantation life
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
John Horry Dent Papers
Collection
Identifier: 0477
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of twenty-one journals (1840-1891), nine account books (1856-1887) descriptive of 19th century agricultural and rural life in Alabama and Georgia, and the October 3, 1836 Conveyance and Trust Agreement that transferred control of the land and slaves inherited by Mary E. Harrison, wife of John Dent, to John Horry...
Dates:
1836 - 1891
Tait Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: 0345
Abstract
Also known as the James A. Tait Collection. Includes diaries, letters received, financial papers, tax records, and slave records of Charles and James Asbury Tait. Papers of the children of James Asbury include letters received as well as freedman contracts, wills, deeds, clippings, maps, and speeches.
The Tait Family were plantation owners in Wilcox County, Alabama; active in politics in Georgia, Alabama, and Texas. Family members include Charles Tait (1768-1835), politician and...
Dates:
1798 - 1922
