Michael Plunkett, Editor
University of Virginia Press
© 1995 by the Rector and Visitors of the University of
Virginia
Conditions of Use
Michael Plunkett, Editor
University of Virginia Press
© 1995 by the Rector and Visitors of the University of
Virginia
Conditions of Use
Mailing Address:
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Colonial Williamsburg
Foundation
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187
Phone: (757) 565-8521
Fax: (757) 565-8508
Personal and family letters of this Yorktown resident. Of note is her
Family, business, and personal correspondence and accounts of this
merchant, insurance agent, and politician of Williamsburg and
Yorktown. Among the business papers are arrest warrants for slaves.
There is considerable correspondence concerning slavery, such as a
January 11, 1846, letter from Anthony Baber to Robert Anderson
discussing an incident in which the slave Salley was badly
burned.
(Acc. Ms 72.2)
Business record of this Essex County man. In the journal are accounts
for the delivery of slave children from the estate of John Bagge.
(Acc. MS 41.9)
Official papers of this British colonial administrator. One of the
topics covered in his correspondence is the question of slavery in
the Leeward Islands. Letters of July 10, 1696, and July 10, 1697,
discuss the importation of slaves into Virginia and Maryland.
(Acc. MS 9)
Business papers and ledger of this Williamsburg planter who lived at
Carter's Grove. The ledger for 1773-1805 has entries on the buying
and selling of slaves.
(Acc. 81.12)
Business volumes of this planter from Westmoreland County. Among the
entries concerning slavery is one mentioning that a slave had been
banished for cruelty to one of the Carter children.
Personal observances of this planter from Sabine Hall, Richmond
County, pertaining to his personal and business affairs, including
agreements with overseers. A few entries mention slavery, such as one
on September 27 concerning payment for slave shoes.
Letters and account of Richard Corbin, receiver general of Virginia.
Included is a 1774-75 diary of John Harrower, who before he became an
overseer for the Corbin family was an indentured servant from
Scotland who taught the children of William Dangerfield of
Plantation ledger of Charles and William Dabney of Aldingham, Hanover
County. The accounts include entries on slavery, such as payments on
December 6, 1763, to "John Glen for cureing the negroe boy Wills
head" and on November 1, 1764, to John Strong for apprehending Will
as a runaway.
(Acc. A79.1)
Letter of Charles Deane of Massachusetts to Samuel Eliot of
Massachusetts referring to slavery in Virginia.
(Acc. MS00)
A July 4, 1733, commission to Robert Bolling concerning a slave of
Daniel Elbank of Prince Edward County who was to remain in jail on
suspicion of felony and an August 25, 1744, commission to George
Newton for the trial of a female slave, Nan, for felony.
(Acc. MS00)
Included is a March 26, 1808, certificate of Henry Robinson for a
runaway slave.
Business, legal, and personal papers of this Gloucester County
businessman. There are scattered references to slavery, such as an
August 9, 1783, deed from Richard Coleman to John Page for a slave
named Tom and an October 19, 1788, letter from John Page to Mann Page
mentioning illness among the slaves.
(Acc. MS 42)
Safe-conduct pass for two slaves of James Mercer to travel from
Fredericksburg to Williamsburg.
(Acc. MS A75.1)