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Diary Of Mary Sophia Symington (Boggs), 1854, Mary Sophia Symington
Diary Of Mary Sophia Symington (Boggs), 1854, Mary Sophia Symington
William Robertson Boggs Family Papers
Full text of Mary Sophia Symington's 1854 diary.
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Slave Trade Ledger Of William James Smith, 1844-1854, William James Smith
Slave Trade Ledger Of William James Smith, 1844-1854, William James Smith
Local History
This ledger meticulously details the prices paid and received for scores of human beings (as slaves; only first names are recorded), as well as the expenses incurred by Smith in undertaking this business venture, such as feeding, clothing, sheltering, and nursing the people he purchased and sold. The details of the book illustrate that Smith took several "trips" between 1844 and 1854 to buy and sell slaves: detailed records of purchases and sales of "Negroes" exist for all of the years between 1844 and 1854. The listing of expenses for the year of 1844 (the most complete account) indicate that …