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  1. Reward
    date November 21, 1855map ORLEANS, Louisianatags African-Americans, Law, Race-Relations, Slavery

    Be on the look out for a runaway slave. Wednesday morning, November 21, 1855 found Patrick finnegan, a slave owner, in a dismal mood. His slave, Edmund, became one of the many attempted runaways across the country. If only he could make it across the border line, Edmund would find himself a safe haven to live out the rest of his life. Edmund was described as a 5 feet high, stout built and 26 years...

  2. Enslaved Man Named Tom Runs Away
    date May 2, 1815map CHARLESTON, South Carolinatags African-Americans, Church/Religious-Activity, Education, Law, Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations, Slavery

    An enslaved man named Tom ran away on May 2. This was reported in the City Gazette and Commercial Daily Advertiser for months. He had been a paper boy (carrier of the City Gazette) and was able to read and write. He was formerly enslaved in Virginia (his mother was still there) and worked for the Petersburg Intelligencer. He was known for his skill at the printing press. The owner believed that Tom...

  3. The Effects of Fertile Land in the Mississippi Delta
    date 1817 to 1820map INDIAN LANDS, Mississippitags Agriculture, Economy, Race-Relations, Slavery

    In a letter received by James Ure, John Bisland, a long time friend was intent on convincing him to move to Mississippi and invest in the cotton industry because of how easy it [was] to make money here. I bought 100 acres of land which lay contiguous to my estate [and] paid 600 dollars he explained and was able to make about 500 dollars by only planting cotton on seventeen acres. Cotton was seen as...

  4. A Trying Voyage
    date January 27, 1829map TERRITORY, Territorytags African-Americans, Health/Death, Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations, Slavery

    Sunday morning, January 27, 1829... a joyful thankfulness filled our hearts, for we were entering the land of promise. Mary Wightman Helm had good reason to rejoice after a most difficult journey to Texas. Helm related that the trip usually took a bearable seven days, but left without a breeze in the unpredictable Gulf of Mexico, her voyage took an astonishing 31 days. The ship only carried provisions...

  5. Slave Birth Records After Emancipation
    date December 1, 1839 to October 3, 1870map JEFFERSON, Mississippitags African-Americans, Race-Relations, Slavery, War

    On a large plantation called New Providence in Mississippi, a family constructed a birth record of sorts for their slaves. The records list the name of the child and the month, day and year in which he or she was born beginning in 1839 and finally ending in 1870. There is not the expected steep decline of births towards the end of the list. The Civil War supposedly emancipated the slaves in 1865, and...

  6. Proposing Marriage Under Slavery
    date 1852map CHOWAN, North Carolinatags African-Americans, Race-Relations, Slavery, Women

    Even the romantic lives of slaves fell under the authority of white masters. Slaves, being the property of their masters, couldn't just freely marry at their heart's desire. There was a standard protocol. In his biographical narrative, Allen Parker recounted how the process would likely unfold on a plantation in Chowan County, North Carolina. If a male slave wanted to marry a woman from another plantation,...

  7. Bishop's Mill
    date March 11, 1820map ALBEMARLE, Virginiatags Agriculture, Economy, Slavery

    Joseph Bishop owned a mill on the Rivanna River from 1805 to the late 1820?s. He worked in the mill along with the family's two male slaves, and possibly with occasional help from his five sons. Bishop's mill supported his main economic activity, which was tanning leather. But Bishop sometimes allowed the use of his facilities to grind nearby farmers' grain, typically for free. Over the years Bishop...

  8. Opposition to Special Field Order No. 15
    date February 1, 1865map APPLING, Georgiatags Agriculture, Government, Slavery

    John C. Robinson never owned any slaves. He was born in Binghamton, New York and served as a Union general during the Civil War. Despite his Northern background, Robinson objected to the passage of Special Field Order No. 15, which granted massive amounts of land to former slaves in January of 1865. On February 1, 1865 Robinson sent a letter to President Abraham Lincoln in which he argued against granting...

  9. The Runaway Slave
    date April 14, 1847map ORLEANS, Louisianatags African-Americans, Law, Race-Relations, Slavery, Women

    For many enslaved people in the Deep South, slavery was the only way of life they had ever known. Regardless, stories of the North and specifically, a place referred to as Philadelphia, were incentive enough to prompt some to brave the terrifying unknown and escape the even more terrifying world in which they were already bound. At some point during the day - or perhaps it was the night - of April...

  10. From Freedom to Slavery
    date 1841map ORLEANS, Louisianatags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Economy, Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations, Slavery

    Born and raised a freeman, Solomon Northup met a group of men in his hometown of Saratoga Springs one March day in 1841. They claimed to have heard of his propensity at the violin and requested to hire him to accompany their traveling circus performances. The pay was quite reasonable and Northup eagerly took on the job. He accompanied them the entire way down to Washington, D.C. without realizing that...

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