- Collection:
- Baber-Blackshear Family Papers, 1796-1939
- Title:
- Correspondence (including names of enslaved persons)
- Creator:
- Baber-Blackshear family
Baber family
Blackshear family - Date of Original:
- 1836/1837
- Subject:
- Soldiers--Georgia
Sailors--Georgia--Diaries
Dance teachers--Georgia
Acting teachers--Georgia
Dueling--Georgia
Boarding schools--Georgia
Ambassadors--Sardinia (Italy)
Enslaved persons--Georgia
Slavery
Slavery--Georgia--History
South Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Sardinia (Italy)--Description and travel
Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Georgia--Social life and customs - People:
- Atkinson, George Baber, 1843-1923
Atkinson, Fannie
Smith, George Dunbar Sweet, 1839-1865
Blackshear, Lucy Marion Baber, 1837-1894
Blackshear, J. William (Joseph William), 1833-1906
Berrien, John MacPherson, 1781-1856 - Location:
- Italy, Sardinia, 40.06160405, 9.097753806553065
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, South Carolina, 34.00043, -81.00009
United States, Virginia, 37.54812, -77.44675 - Medium:
- journals (accounts)
account books - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Includes a bill of sale and letters about the sale from Rachael Sweet to Ambrose Baber for these enslaved people: Alexander (24), William (23), Mingo (22), Absom (21), John (8), Sally (42), Maria (45), Nelly (18), Rose (17), Isaac (50), Little Isaac (5). Letters between Rachael Sweet, Mary Baber, Ambrose Baber, Ruth Smith, estate of Hardin Baber, and Brunswick Canal Company. Letter regarding catching William an enslaved man and selling him.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/guan_0011_001-006
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/guan_0011_001-006#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/guan_0011_001-006/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Baber/Blackshear family papers, ms11, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
