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- Letter from Charlotte Cherry in West Point, Georgia, to her uncle, Bolling Hall in Alabama.
- 1863 September 8
- In the letter Charlotte discusses the settlement of her grandfather's estate (Abner Crenshaw), over which Hall is executor ("Dr Reese told me that you & Uncle Walter had concluded to sell the negroes & everything else"); her plans to purchase one...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from James A. Cherry in West Point, Georgia, to Bolling Hall in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1863 August 5
- In the letter Cherry discusses the estate of Abner Crenshaw of which Hall is executor. He is writing on behalf of his niece, Charlotte Cherry, granddaughter of Abner Crenshaw. A transcript is included.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Charlotte Cherry in West Point, Georgia, to her uncle, Bolling Hall in Alabama.
- 1863 July 29
- In the letter Charlotte discusses the sale and exchange of slaves from the estate of her grandfather Abner Crenshaw, of which Hall is executor: "I will take Harriet at the appraised...price. What did Dorcus & her family value at. if you please let...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Andrew Barry Moore in Marion, Alabama, to Bolling Hall in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1850 November 15
- In the letter Moore discusses public sentiment over states' rights violations by the United States Congress: "I trust that public meetings throughout the state, will be held, for the purpose of enlightening the masses, and causing them to...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from John E. Hall at the East Alabama Male College in Auburn, Alabama, to his father, Bolling Hall.
- 1860 November 11
- In the letter John discusses the tense political climate across the country, the possibility of secession, and the necessity of fighting: "I heard to day [sic] that the latest telegraphic news was that Gov. Wise had been assassinated, Cobb had been...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Document granting James Caller power of attorney to reclaim two slaves who had been stolen from Malachi and Mary Murphee of South Carolina.
- 1804 July 5
- Caller was living in Washington County of the Mississippi Territory (later the Alabama Territory) when the Murphees hired him "to take two Negros Namely Remus & Frank which Thomas Bates and others stold away from us." [Original spelling retained.]
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Jane Gorin in Livingston, Alabama, to James Dellet, in Washington, D.C.
- 1843 November 26
- In the letter Gorin asks Dellet to buy three slaves so she can help pay some of her husband's debt. She wants him to purchase the man, woman, and child for $1,300, and then she plans to take them to New Orleans and hire them out by the day. It is...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- The Dallas Gazette, volume 15, number 42.
- 1858 August 13
- The issue includes advertisements and articles on the following topics: goods and services offered by local businesses; death, marriage, and legal notices; local events; news about social, medical, agricultural, political, economic, and military...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- The Dallas Gazette, volume 15, number 43.
- 1858 August 20
- The issue includes advertisements and articles on the following topics: goods and services offered by local businesses; death, marriage, and legal notices; local events; news about social, medical, agricultural, political, economic, and military...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Hutson Lee in South Carolina to Bolling Hall in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1858 October 17
- In the letter Lee describes twenty-nine slaves he is selling. He gives specific details about any individuals who are not "sound and capable" or "prime and hearty," and he also mentions parent-child relationships. The price for each slave is $725....
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Mobile Gazette and Commercial Advertiser, volume 3, number 66.
- 1820 June 7
- The issue includes advertisements and articles on the following topics: goods and services offered by local businesses; legal notices and estate sales; national and international political, economic, and military news; public land sales in Alabama...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Thomas Flournoy of Augusta, Georgia, to Bolling Hall.
- 1823 January 3
- In the letter Flournoy says that he is no longer interested in maintaining a plantation, and he asks Hall to purchase some of his slaves: "Lawyers, doctors, & merchants should have nothing to do with plantations & negroes--Overseers are...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from J. W. Stuckey in Bishopville, South Carolina, to S. Gibbons in Mobile, Alabama.
- 1839 February 26
- In the letter Stuckey discusses the slave Warren, whom he had sold to Gibbons the previous year. A physician hired by Gibbons diagnosed the boy with "chronic rheumatism," but Stuckey maintains that he was never ill before the sale. While he will...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Bill of sale for slaves bought by James Dellet of Claiborne, Alabama, from Joseph G. Lindsey of Richmond, Virginia.
- 1840 July 22
- Dellet purchased eleven slaves, male and female, ranging in age from two to thirty-three.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Lota Cato in Washington County, Alabama, to James Dellet, in Washington, D.C.
- 1841 January 1
- In the letter Mrs. Cato, the widow of Burrell P. Cato, asks for Dellet's help in reclaiming several slaves who have been taken to Texas by the executor of her husband's will. Because of a law prohibiting "the importing or bringing negroes from any...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Deed of gift from John D. Terrell to his daughter, Alpha Neal, giving her a young slave woman "and her issue."
- 1828 January 1
- The deed specifically protects the gift from the control of Alpha's husband: "...the said John Thomas Neal, may have the use of the said negroe [sic] girl while he lives, as a husband to his wife and a father to his children, but that is all he...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Protest of the Alabama Delegation," submitted at the Democratic National Convention.
- 1860 April 28
- In the statement the delegates list the main points of the Alabama Platform, which had been rejected by the convention, and then formally withdraw from the gathering: "The points of difference between the Northern and Southern Democracy are: 1st....
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from John E. Hall at the East Alabama Male College in Auburn, Alabama, to his father, Bolling Hall.
- 1860 November 6
- In the letter John mentions seeing Stephen Douglas pass through town on his way to Montgomery, Alabama, and he discusses the possibility of secession after the presidential election: "The south seems determined to resist in case of Lincolns [sic]...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Bolling Hall at the University of Virginia to his father, Bolling Hall, in Alabama.
- 1861 January 5
- In the letter Bolling discusses his studies at the university; criticism of his father's vote in the Electoral College during the recent presidential election; "troubles in Autaugaville & Prattville among the negroes"; disagreements among Southern...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Statement and two letters regarding the delivery of two slaves from South Carolina to Alabama.
- 1829
- The transaction seems to be between Thomas Dugan and Joseph Rivers. In the first letter Dugan writes James W. Goodman of Claiborne, Alabama, asking him to sue Rivers and recover one of the slaves. The statement is signed by all men involved in the...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection