Slavery -- Virginia.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
David Burford Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0935
Abstract
The correspondence housed in this collection documents David Burford's military career and participation in politics and the slave trade between 1814 and 1856. Jourdan M. Saunders (Burford's business partner) wrote many of the letters which discuss their activities with James R. Franklin and John Armfield. This collection also contains letters concerning political matters (including two from Samuel Hogg, an early Tennessee Congressman, and one from Felix Grundy, a United States Senator), an...
Dates:
1814 September 8-1856 April 15
Joseph Meek Slavery Letter
Collection
Identifier: MS-2398
Abstract
In this letter dated August 23, 1855, the letter writer informs Joseph Meek of Nashville of his intent to purchase enslaved people from a variety of sources. He tells of opportunities in Smith County and Rogersville, Tenn., and well as a pending purchase of two men and a girl from his cousin.
Dates:
1855 August 23