Bill, Charles, Crane, and Dan, Alabama, 1859
Item
- Title
- Bill, Charles, Crane, and Dan, Alabama, 1859
- Description
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From the handwritten ledger of Robert Jemison, entailing the labor assignments of these enslaved workers. References to "Asylum" are to the Alabama Insane Hospital, later known as Bryce Hospital.
Jemison was a plantation owner in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. - Transcript
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[Not a strict transcript; data reformatted for comprehensibility outside tabular form.]
Bill
May 1, Saturday
May 2-4, Dr Searcy
May 6-7, Road
May 8, Saturday
May 9-14, Asylum
May 15, Saturday
May 16-18, Asylum
May 19-20, Ralph
May 21, Asylum
May 22, Saturday
May 23-26 (1/2), Ralph
May 26 (1/2)-27, Lost
May 28, Sick
May 29, Saturday
May 30-31, Sick
total 21 1/2 days
Charles
May 1, Saturday
May 2-4, Asylum
May 5-7, Dr Searcy
May 8, Saturday
May 9-11, Warren
May 12-14, Asylum
May 15, Saturday
May 16, Asylum
May 17-21, Warren
May 22, Saturday
May 23-27, Asylum
May 28, Roberson
May 29, Saturday
May 30 (1/2), Roberson
May 30 (1/2), Asylum
May 31, A Dearing
total 26 days
Crane
May 1, Saturday
May 2-4, Asylum
May 5-7, Dr Searcy
May 8, Saturday
May 9-11, Warren
May 12, Asylum
May 13 (1/2), Roberson
May 13 (1/2)-14, Asylum
May 15, Saturday
May 16, Asylum
May 17, Warren
May 18-19 (1/2), Asylum
May 19 (1/2), Ralph
May 20-21 (1/2), M Findley
May 21 (1/2), Asylum
May 22, Saturday
May 23-24, Asylum
May 25-28, Mrs Graham
May 29, Saturday
May 30-31, Asylum
total 26 days
Dan
May 1, Saturday
May 2-4, Asylum
May 5-6, Road
May 7, Dr Searcy
May 8, Saturday
May 9-10, Asylum
May 11, Dr Searcy
May 12-13 (1/2), Asylum
May 13 (1/2)-14, Mrs Roads
May 15, Saturday
May 16-17, Asylum
May 18 (1/2), Asylum
May 18 (1/2)-19, Ralph
May 20, Lost
May 21, Ralph
May 22, Saturday
May 23-28, Ralph
May 29, Saturday
May 30, Ralph
May 31, A Dearing
total 25 days - Date
- May 1859
- Coverage
- Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
- Source
- Digitized item
- Site pages
- Stolen Labor
