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Bill For Sale For Violet Sold By Jame J. Rowan To Samuel Wakfield, James J. Rowan

Mississippi State University

Bill of sale for Violet, aged 28-30 years, sold by James J. Rowan to Samuel Wakefield, both of whom are slave traders who operated at the Forks of the Road slave market.

Bill Of Sale For Hannah And Her Five Children Sold By Daniel Miller To Halsey Townsend, Daniel Miller

Mississippi State University

Bill of sale for Hannah, aged twenty-six years, and her five children, sold by Daniel Miller of Virginia, to Halsey Townsend of Natchez, and attested by Jacob Soria, a professional slave auctioneer.

Bill Of Sale For Jenny, Abram, Harry, Isaac, Ben, George, And Hundley, Sold By William W. Mcdonagh To Dempsey P. Jackson, William W. Mcdonagh

Mississippi State University

Bill of sale for Jenny, Abram, Harry, Isaac, Ben, George, and Hundley, sold by William W. McDonagh of New Orleans to Dempsey P. Jackson.

Bill Of Salefor Thirteen-Year-Old Walker To John Henderson, George E. Gillispie

Mississippi State University

Bill of sale for thirteen-year-old Walker, described as a “mulatto boy,” sold by George E. Gillespie, to slave trader Warren Offutt, who sold him to merchant John Henderson.

Bill Of Sale For Jacob And Jim, Sold By William Hunt To John Henderson, William Hunt

Mississippi State University

Bill of sale for African American young men, Jacob (name changed to Peter), aged about twenty-one, and Jim, aged seventeen, sold by William Hunt to John Henderson, merchant.

Letter From Robert M. Ayres, Roseland [Plantation], [Near Natchez], To John Watt Esqr, New Orleans, Robert M. Ayres

Mississippi State University

The writer's Robert M. Ayers, wife nurses Amy, an enslaved woman. He also writes on possibly purchasing enslaved persons at the Forks of the Road seller's market.

Letter From J. Robinson To H. Nutt, J. Robinson

Mississippi State University

A letter detailing the death of an enslaved person, Lewis, from Phrenitis.

Letter From William C. Grissam To Isaac Franklin, William C. Grissam

Mississippi State University

William C. Grissam writes to Isaac Franklin, a trader of enslaved persons, to complain that he does not want to pay the full price for the enslaved person Charity who has "bad habits."

Summons For Moses Neill, H. Tooley

Mississippi State University

Summons to appear before the Justice of the Peace in Adams County in regard to the cruelty case agains John D. Lenier.

The State Of Mississippi Harris County Circuit Court 2nd District To May Term 1861, M. E. Dame

Mississippi State University

Circuit court case detailing the promise to pay for the hiring of an enslaved person.

The State V. John D. Lenier, H. Tooley

Mississippi State University

Court case describing the unusual cruelty an enslaver inflicted on an enslaved person.

Jefferson County Orphans Court Record Book

Mississippi State University

Describes the distribution of estate assets to beneficiaries.

Letter From N.L. Hutchins, Lawrenceville, Ga., To Thomas W. Harris, Cowpens, Ga., N. L. Hutchins

Mississippi State University

Describes the purchase of an enslaved person named Lavinia.

Letter From William A. Blanchard To Absalom Blanchard, William A. Blanchard

Mississippi State University

Describes religious meetings among enslaved persons.

Bill Of Sale For Lovey, Adam, Caroline, And Mary, Rebecca L. Taylor

Mississippi State University

Bill of sale for the sale of Ivey, Adam, Caroline, and Mary to

Receipt For Sale Of Gabriel, R. B. Vernon

Mississippi State University

Receipt for the sale of a boy named Gabriel, for William A. Burnside.

Bill Of Sale For Jacob, A Young Boy Enslaved By Jesse Mitchell, James Hendon

Mississippi State University

Bill of sale for the sale of Jacob to Jesse Mitchell Sen.

Dispatches From Grant - Spring 2022 - Special Bicentennial Edition, Ulysses S. Grant Association

“Dispatches from Grant” Newsletter

In this issue:

• Notice of retirement for USGA President Frank J. Williams and Executive Director John F. Marszalek
• Anne Marshall named next Executive Director of the Ulysses S. Grant Association
• Rhode Island benefactors continue support at Mississippi State with endowed faculty chair
• Grant Library staff in the History Channel!
• Special exhibits for the Grant Bicentennial
• Details for the USGA/Bicentennial kickoff
• Donate!

Workshops @ Your Library - Spring 2022, Thomas La Foe

Workshops

Catalog of workshops being offered by the Mississippi State University Libraries during the Spring 2022 semester.

The Mechanistic Basis For The Toxicity Difference Between Juvenile Rats And Mice Following Exposure To The Agricultural Insecticide Chlorpyrifos, Katelyn Sette

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.

April Cvm Library Newsletter

CVM Library Newsletters

April CVM Library Newsletter

“Being A Chi O To A Fraternity Boy Is The Greatest Thing That Could Happen”: Reputation, Heterosocialization, And Status Among Sorority Women, Anne Elizabeth Harrington

Honors Theses

Since their establishment, National Panhellenic Conference sororities have existed to maintain traditional white femininity and womanhood in an age of women’s higher education. A central aspect of this traditional womanhood was marriage, so sororities focused heavily on appealing to and socializing with men, called “heterosocialization.” Drawing on in-depth interviews with 19 women affiliated with 8 National Panhellenic Conference sororities at Mississippi State University, I examine how a woman’s reputation and status – and thus her access to heterosocialization opportunities - in the Greek system is still dependent on her appeal to fraternity men. There is a clear and consistent, but …

Independent Investigations Of The Relationships Between Altruistic Behavior And Empathy With Depression, Colton Watson

Honors Theses

Depressive symptoms can influence a variety of individual factors, including altruism and empathy. The nature of that relationship, however, is poorly understood. Cross-sectional studies examining the empathetic and altruistic abilities of people with varying levels of depressive symptoms have produced mixed results, as both the magnitude and direction of any correlations between empathy or altruism and depression are varied. Thus, we aimed to examine the impact of depressive symptoms on self-report measures of altruistic behavior and empathy. Using the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptoms-Self Report (QIDS-SR) to measure depressive symptoms, the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) to measure empathy, and the …

Effect Of Declaw Bans On Shelter Cat Populations, Lauren Bowles

Honors Theses

Growing concern over animal welfare has led to new policies that ban declaw procedures on cats. In the United States, several cities have instituted bans, including Denver, Colorado. This study examines whether the ban has resulted in changed euthanasia rates and adoption rates in an animal shelter system. Data on euthanasia rates and adoption rates were gathered for thirteen years prior to the ban and for five years following implementation. The euthanasia rate was found to have decreased while the adoption rate increased. Several possible explanations are explored and a recommendation for public policy is given.

An Analysis Of County Level Energy Burdens In Mississippi, Nirmal Bhatt

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.

Extinguish The Spark: Mass Protests As A Determinant Of Journalist Killings, 1992 - 2020, Ryan Jarratt

Honors Theses

Previous research indicates that civilian mass mobilizations in protest of the government can have profound negative effects on a state’s ability to govern. The most prevalent news sources in most localities are still traditional journalistic television and print publications. Citizens rely on journalists to track state abuse, misdeeds, and corruption, which affects when citizens mobilize against the state. The occurrence of protests, especially those involving protestor violence and lethal government responses, can seriously threaten a political regime and border on a civilian uprising. I contend that more frequent mass mobilizations in a state motivate the government to adopt a more …

“Fragrantasia: 24 Ekphrastic Poems About Scent”, Maeve Rigney

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.

In Other Words, Socialized Medicine: Journal Of The American Medical Association Versus The International Labour Organization, Tanner Deyoung

Honors Theses

In the summer of 1952, the International Labour Organization—an agency of the United Nations—adopted the Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention. It detailed and defined the minimum acceptable standards for social security in nine different areas, including medical care, in the nations which ratified the convention. However, in order to ratify the convention, nations need only prove compliance with four of the nine areas, possibly eliminating medical care reform entirely. This provision did not prevent the American Medical Association, through its published journal, from attacking the recommendations related to healthcare as “socialized medicine.” Through these attacks, the AMA continued its pattern …

News Article Announcing An Ohioan's Petition For An Enslaved Person Named Jacob Eye To Be Freed, Ebenezer Lane

University of Mississippi

News article announcing that a man from Ohio, Ebenezer Lane, has petitioned for the freedom of an enslaved man named Jacob Eye, who belonged to Lane but was living in New Orleans; however, a jury refused to grant his request

News Article Announcing That An Abolitionist Was Caught After Stealing 3 Enslaved Individuals, Gov. Lynch

University of Mississippi

News article announcing that an abolitionist was caught after taking 2 unnamed enslaved persons belonging to Governor Lynch, and 1 other belonging to Mr. Randolph of Virginia