Laborers at Beaver Bend plantation, Alabama, circa 1862
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- Title
- Laborers at Beaver Bend plantation, Alabama, circa 1862
- Description
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From a handwritten list and description of the rules governing this plantation run by Hugh Davis, found at the beginning of the 1862-1866 farm journal.
Davis was a plantation owner in Perry County, Alabama. - Transcript
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Fourth
Punishment
It is my rule that all discipline and punishment should be enforced by the overseer himself and not by or through his leaders; and shall be inflicted by a broad leathern flail or strap and not by whips, switches or cow-hides and all punishments should be administered for the purpose of humane discipline and free from passion. - Date
- Circa 1862
- Coverage
- Perry County, Alabama
- Is Part Of
- Hugh Davis papers (MSS.1611)
- Site pages
- Control & Resistance
