Slavery -- Mississippi.
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Burnside Family Papers
Four receipts: Receipt for Wm. Burnside’s taxes on two enslaved persons for 1841, paid by T.J. Burnside; John Ward sells to Jane Burnside a 17 year old named Henry, 1845; R. B. Vernon sells to William A. Burnside a 9-10 year old boy named Gabrel, 1845; Note from William Robertson for monies due to James G. Burnside or bearer, 1850.
Dr. Thomas Young Collection
Nelson and Jake Elliot Statement
Two former enslaved persons describe Mrs. Elizabeth Elliot's life during the Revolution and afterward. They also describe her treatment of these enslaved individuals. Concerns the Carolinas and Alabama. Typed copy.
Lenoir Plantation records
Lowndes County (Mississippi) Courthouse Records
Court and Franklin Academy records microfilmed from the Lowndes County Courthouse.
Hugh R. Miller Papers
A small quantity of letters written to Judge Hugh R. Miller of Pontotoc, Mississippi, on a variety of topics, mostly about matters of real estate or probate. Notable pieces include two very long letters from a widow named Eliza Merritt detailing the harassment of herself, her family and her enslaved persons by a man named Green Merritt (possibly one of her in-laws) and his enslaved persons.
Mrs. Mary C. Rambo Papers
Bill of sale for enslaved persons, 1 Civil War letter, permit for supplies and statement of purchases, 2 letters from Texas, 1 contract for share-cropping, letters concerning a War of 1812 pension which was cancelled because of sympathy with the Confederacy. Chiefly Tennessee.
Isaac Smith Letters
Twenty-seven letters, three other papers, one small autograph book, chiefly about family, farming, enslaved persons in Carroll, Holmes, and Lawrence Counties in Mississippi and Alexandria, Louisiana.
Stiles Family Business Papers
West Point, Mississippi, Miscellaneous Papers
Miscellaneous papers about West Point, Mississippi, collected in WPA days by Mrs. Ed Joiner. Contents: An account of Grierson's Raid; also interviews with ex-enslaved persons.