Slave Documents Collection, ca. 1711-1878

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Summary

Title:
Slave Documents Collection,
Dates:
ca. 1711-1878
Extent:
.4 linear feet (1 box)
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

Slave Documents Collection. Wyles Mss 75. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains bills of sale, manumissions, notes and receipts for slave hire, accounts for medical service, a property tax return, an estate list, correspondence, and essays. The materials for the most part were purchased as single items or small groups of items. Generally their only connection to each other is the subject matter, which relates to slavery and race relations in the United States in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The documents come from California, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.

The collection is arranged chronologically.

Acquisition information:
Multiple purchases, 1960s-2003.
Physical location:
Vault

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Special Collections staff
Date Prepared:
© 2002
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid in EAD v. 1.0 derived from MS Word 2000 file by David C. Gartrell. Date of source: 05 March 2002 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

None.

Terms of access:

None.

Preferred citation:

Slave Documents Collection. Wyles Mss 75. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
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