Smith served as an overseer on Willis P. Bocock's Waldwick Plantation in Marengo County, Alabama. The book records births and deaths among the slaves; time lost for sickness and visits by the doctor; articles sold from and purchased for the...
In the letter Curry discusses a recent drought and the effects it will have on the Confederate cause: "If the drouth continues, and I fear it will, it will be the greatest of calamities to the Confederacy--with good seasons provisions would be made...
In the contract Watts rents her plantation in Dallas County, Alabama, to Jones for five years; in exchange, he is to deliver three 500-pound bales of cotton to her home each year before Christmas.
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