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Subject Slaves--Georgia

1. Collection John Brown Gordon family papers, Series 8. Family bibles

Description:
Materials digitized includes a set of letters dating from 1941-1948 to and from Rev. John Dawson Gordon, whose parents were enslaved by and, later, servants of the Gordon family from 1854 until they moved to California in the 1890s.
Date of Original:
1941/1948
Holding Institution:
Hargrett Library

2. Collection United States Ex-slave Owners Registration Bureau form letter

Description:
This collection contains a form letter from the fraudulent United States Ex-slave Owners Registration Bureau (a scam targeting former slave owners eager to be reimbursed for the loss of their slaves after the Emancipation Proclamation) assuring former slave owners that by paying a fee, the bureau would register the number of slaves they lost at the time of the Emancipation Proclamation so that they could be compensated.
Date of Original:
1890/1899
Holding Institution:
Hargrett Library

3. Collection Theodore G. Sledge estate document

Description:
Collection of documents pertaining to the estate of Theodore G. Sledge, who died leaving behind six enslaved men and women, Maria, Lucinda, Spencer, Hester, Minerva, and Francey, and fifteen hundred and thirty-six dollars of Confederate currency. Several family members sought legal action, but the case was dismissed in November 1864.
Date of Original:
1864-10
Holding Institution:
Hargrett Library

4. Collection Coastal Heritage Society, Central of Georgia Rail Road collection, carpentry shop ledger

Description:
Nineteenth-century ledger and scrapbook dating from 1860 to 1864 (for the ledger) and 1870 to 1899 (for the scrapbook) documenting work conducted at the Carpentry Shop, within the Savannah Shops complex of the Central Rail Road and Banking Company of Georgia.
Date of Original:
1860/1864
Holding Institution:
Coastal Heritage Society (Ga.)

5. Collection Alexander H. Stephens family papers

Description:
Plantation account books and writings of Alexander Hamilton Stephens, born near Crawfordville, Georgia in 1812 to Margaret Grier and Andrew Baskins Stephens; he was vice president of the Confederacy during the Civil War, a United States congressman, and died in office as Georgia governor in 1883.
Date of Original:
1851/1944
Holding Institution:
Hargrett Library

6. Collection Bill of sale for an enslaved girl named Catherine

Description:
Bill of sale dated December 11, 1850, for an enslaved girl named Catherine, exchanged from J. S. and J. D. Glass of Bethel, North Carolina to Ross Crane of Athens, Georgia. The girl is described as being a light-complexioned ten-year-old girl.
Date of Original:
1850-12-11
Holding Institution:
Hargrett Library

7. Collection Johnston family papers

Description:
Papers of the Malcolm Johnston family dating from the nineteenth century that include documents concerning enslaved people owned by the Johnston family: bill of sales for a slave received by Richard Johnston; wills of Malcolm Johnston and E. L. Johnston; “List of property belonging to M. Johnston,” listing 800 acres of land, and the name, sex, age, and monetary value of enslaved people.
Date of Original:
1850/1862
Holding Institution:
Hargrett Library

8. Collection Slave bills of sale

Description:
Two slave bills of sale to John C. Greer dated January 4, 1848, for enslaved man, Pompey, and February 5, 1850, for enslaved woman, Milly.
Date of Original:
1848-01-04/1850-02-05
Holding Institution:
Hargrett Library

9. Collection McIntosh County, Georgia bill of exceptions

Description:
A bill of exceptions in the Supreme Court of Georgia, at Savannah, January Term, 1848, for the recovery of three African American enslaved people "named Judy, Bella, and John her son...that were the property of Ann Cunningham," in the case Ann Grigg vs. Charles Spalding.
Date of Original:
1848
Holding Institution:
Hargrett Library

10. Collection Henry Hicks ledgers

Description:
Ledgers kept by Henry Hicks, a physician in Wrightsville, Georgia, that include names of people who were enslaved, loose papers that include a freedmen list, lectures from the Medical College of Georgia, and lists of household goods and livestock.
Date of Original:
1843/1873
Holding Institution:
Hargrett Library

11. Collection Henry Newton papers, 1842-1900

Description:
Papers dating from 1842-1900 belonging to Henry Newton, a Presbyterian preacher raised in Athens, Georgia, who served numerous churches throughout northeast Georgia.
Date of Original:
1842/1900
Holding Institution:
Columbia Theological Seminary

12. Collection William Jones family papers

Description:
The collection consists of papers of the William Jones family of Augusta, Georgia from 1813-1910 and includes financial records, bills of sale for enslaved people, and freedmen contracts.
Date of Original:
1836/1879
Holding Institution:
Hargrett Library

13. Collection Documents related to slavery in Georgia and Virginia

Description:
This collection contains legal documents dating from 1831-1863 related to slavery including estate appraisals and inventories, legal orders, and judgments from Georgia; it also includes a tax statement from Virginia.
Date of Original:
1831/1863
Holding Institution:
Hargrett Library

14. Collection Seaborn J. Mays papers

Description:
The collection consists of receipted bills, promissory notes, and tax receipts of Seaborn J. Mays, including a bill of sale for an enslaved man named Phil, purchased from Thomas R. R. Cobb by Mays, and an enslaved woman named Caroline, and a fi fa against William Moon for a debt owed to Mays. Also included is a record book of the Athens Benevolent Society.
Date of Original:
1824/1879
Holding Institution:
Hargrett Library

15. Collection G. Dorsey estate vendue list

Description:
The collection consists of a list of the sale of the effects of the late Mr. G. Dorsey, by his administratrix Eliza Dorsey, and administrators, David Stewart and William Moore. The list gives buyers' names, articles bought, and prices. Instructions for the auction state that "minors, servants, and slaves who may bid not to be noticed by the crier."
Date of Original:
1808
Holding Institution:
Hargrett Library

16. Collection Samuel Meeker letter to General James Winchester

Description:
The collection consists of a letter from Samuel Meeker writing from Philadelphia on 27 December 1804 to General James Winchester of Cragfont, Tennessee. The letter discusses enslaved persons and their possible sale in New Orleans. The list of enslaved mentioned in the letter unfortunately is not present.
Date of Original:
1804-12-27
Holding Institution:
Hargrett Library

17. Collection Samuel B. Clark papers

Description:
Date of Original:
1787/1869
Holding Institution:
Hargrett Library

18. Collection Shields-Ethridge Heritage Farm records

Description:
Land grants, legal papers, farm records, photographs, correspondence, and artifacts documenting the history of the Jefferson, Georgia farm on which the Shields and Ethridge families ran from colonial settlement through the twentieth century.
Date of Original:
1774/1969
Holding Institution:
Hargrett Library

19. Collection Cobb-Newton-Jordan family papers

Description:
Papers regarding various related families of Georgia from the nineteenth century, including the Cobbs, the Jordans, and the Newtons made up primarily of family correspondence, estate papers, slave bills of sale, and a land grant.
Date of Original:
1727-07-11
Holding Institution:
Hargrett Library

20. Collection Julia King collection

Description:
Family papers and records belonging to Julia King, a descendant of the Roswell King family of coastal Georgia plantation owners and managers, dating from the late 1700s to the early 1900s. The collection includes documents related to slavery, including estate appraisals and inventories.
Date of Original:
1700/1970
Holding Institution:
Midway Museum (Midway, Ga.)