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Jesse J. Jackson Slavery and Civil War documents collection

Title
Jesse J. Jackson Slavery and Civil War documents collection, 1974-1983.
Author
Jackson, Jesse
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box 1Mixed materialUse in library Sc MG 896 box 1Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

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.2 lin. ft. (1/2 archives box)
Summary
  • Jesse J. Jackson Slavery and Civil War documents collection consists of approximately 90 individual documents relating to Southern slavery and the Civil War. The majority of the documents are manuscript bills of sale and deeds of gift for enslaved persons, issued in North Carolina, 1800-1858. Each document generally gives the enslaved person's name, sex, approximate age, and occasionally other information such as occupation, as well as prices and names of seller and buyer. Other interesting information is sometimes provided including mention that the enslaved person being sold is "at large," and an affidavit accusing a dealer of selling a man's runaway despite the fact that the owner had asked the dealer to hold the runaway until he could be retrieved.
  • Other documents in the collection include two petitions to courts in Wilcox County, Alabama, asking permission to sell the enslaved persons belonging to estates, dated 1859 and 1862, and four documents issued in Fredericks County, Maryland, attesting to the freedom of the individuals.
Subjects
Note
  • Books transferred to Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division.
Source (note)
  • Ann and Judith Ann Jackson
Biography (note)
  • Jesse J. Jackson (1908-1983), the collector of these documents acquired them over ten years while serving as a writer-in-residence at Appalachian State University. Jackson was born in Columbus, Ohio, and attended Ohio State University. He wrote 8 books for children, and often wrote for magazines, journals, and local newspapers.
Call Number
Sc MG 896
OCLC
910330332
Author
Jackson, Jesse, collector.
Title
Jesse J. Jackson Slavery and Civil War documents collection, 1974-1983.
Biography
Jesse J. Jackson (1908-1983), the collector of these documents acquired them over ten years while serving as a writer-in-residence at Appalachian State University. Jackson was born in Columbus, Ohio, and attended Ohio State University. He wrote 8 books for children, and often wrote for magazines, journals, and local newspapers.
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