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Episodes tagged "Slave master": 1 through 3 of 3

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  1. Kingsley’s Plantation
    date 1803 to 1821map Montgomery, Georgiatags Slavery, Slave master, slave conditions, Race-Relations, florida slave history, Plantation Life

    In 1803, Zephaniah Kingsley began bringing slaves from Africa to his plantation in Fort George Island.[1]  Fort George Island is located slightly north of modern day Jacksonville.  “The United States did not allow anyone to bring in slaves after 1808.  But Florida still belonged to Spain, and so smugglers brought in slaves to the southern United States through northern Florida.”[2]  Slaves...

  2. Slave Life and Sickness
    date November, 1844 to July, 1846map GREENE, Alabamatags Slavery, Slave master, Slave, sickness

    From the original letters between the Cameron family and their employees, slaves are often mentioned since they are an integral part of the plantation operation. Since the letters were not written or received by the slaves themselves, the language is often derogatory or just in reference to the slaves as property of value. These letters show the nature of the culture and the lack of respect and responsibility...

  3. Life of a slave master in the west
    date February 9, 1865map SAN BERNARDINO, Californiatags Slave master, Slavery

    George N. Linns, a plantation owner in Jefferson County, Colorado who owned many of his slaves at a time of war was forced to release them (Thomas, as he was named by his slave master George was one of these slaves). At age 22 Thomas was a young black man and he was forced to serve as a soldier for the European American army in 1865. He was not well educated in reading or writing and neither well fed...