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Archey, escaped from Tuscumbia
This is a newspaper article describing Archey, who had escaped from Wm. A. Moore's plantation two miles from Tuscumbia. Archey was described as 23 years of age, with a dark complexion, 6 feet in height. Archey's wife was in Florence, and Moore…
Peter, Harry, and Cate: Escaped from the Forks of Cypress Plantation
James Jackson, owner of the Forks of Cypress plantation in Florence, offered a $150 reward for the return of three enslaved people: Peter, described as a "very stout, likely fellow, not very black, rather high cheek bones, fleshy in the face, speaks…
Negroes for Sale
An advertisement from the Vicksburg (MS) Register of Thursday, September 1, 1836, for the sale of 110 slaves, including 85 in Grenada, Mississippi and 25 from his residence near Florence, Alabama, which included "6 valuable house servants, and…
Eight Abolitionist Societies in Alabama in the 1830s.
1. Pages 87 and 92 of "Anti-Slavery Sentiment in the South; With Unpublished Letters from John Stuart Mill and Mrs. Stowe" by Stephen D. Weeks, Ph.D.
Concerning the existence of abolitionist societies in Northwest Alabama, Weeks writes:
"There…
"Vesico-Vaginal Fistula"
This is an advertisement for Dr. C.S. Fenner, who advertised that he operated on cases of vesico-vaginal fistulas in women, particularly "planters who having negro women, who are useless...can, in most instances, have them restored to their full…
"For Sale: A First Rate Likely Negro Boy"
This is an ad for the sale of an enslaved boy, "raised in this country by John Duckett," offered by T. W. Young. Young explained, "my object is to get money."
Benham vs Harris: A Debt paid in Enslaved People
This is a newspaper notice for a circuit court charge levied by Vincent M. Benham on James B. Harris over $400, which was levied on the estate of Harris on the following enslaved people: Grace, about 45 years old; Beckey, about 21 years old; Julia,…
Luke and Jack Harrison, escaped from the James Hood plantation 3 miles west of Florence
This is a newspaper advertisement announcing that man named Luke and a man named Jack Harrison had escaped the James Hood plantation west of Florence.
A man who escaped from the plantation of James Jackson and was apprehended near Natchez, MS.
This is a newspaper notice alerting the public that a man, about 40 years of age, 5'10", and alleged to have been enslaved by James Jackson, was captured and taken to the Choctaw Agency near Natchez, MS.
Committed to the Jail of Sumner County (TN), Charles, escaped from the James Jackson plantation
This is a newspaper notice informing the public that Charles, escaped from the James Jackson plantation in Florence, Alabama, had been committed to the Sumner County (TN) jail.
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