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Slavery Papers, 1822-1848, Date acquired: 10/01/1956

 

Summary

Extent:
4.00 items 3 Folders
0 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], Slavery Papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-0-232

Background

Scope and content:

Includes a manuscript entitled, "List of slaves owned by Trombley Smith", regards Airville plantation, Virginia, on July 1, 1828. The list shows the name, age, occupation, and in some cases the ancestry of the enslaved person, as well as births (male or female) and details of deaths. Also, following the names of some enslaved peoples, in parenthesis, are notes showing dates of sales of the enslaved and name of purchaser. Likewise are notes showing dates of purchases of enslaved individuals and name of person from whom purchase was made.

Selected documents from this collection have been digitized and are available through the FSU Digital Library Florida Manuscript Materials collection.

Acquisition information:
Former MSS 0-230 was purchased from Mr. Olin Norwood. Former MSS 2002-05 is from Stuart Lutz Historic Documents and received 4/23/02.
Processing information:

MSS 2002-05 was processed 4/30/02.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open to all researchers.

This collection is in an offsite storage location. Please contact lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu with requests for access or for more information.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], Slavery Papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-0-232

Location of this collection:
116 Honors Way
Tallahassee
FL
32306-2047
USA