Slavery -- Arkansas
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Bragg Family Papers
Horace J. Ford Diary
Photocopy of a diary with regular entries describing enslaved labor plantation life, the cotton trade on the Mississippi River, and activities of enslaved persons.
Hiring Bond for Jane, an Enslaved Girl
Hiring bond for Jane, an enslaved girl, who was hired from G. W. Benton to J. J. Pratt in Union Springs, Arkansas.
Lawrence County (Arkansas Territory) Sheriff Notice of Sale of Enslaved Persons
Handwritten legal notice, signed by Charles Kelly, calling for a court-ordered sale of enslaved persons owned by James Rupell to take place at Batesville on October 27, 1824. Judgment in favor of the estate of Patrick McMannis, deceased. Enslaved persons in the sale were Moses, an approximately 40-year-old man, Lew, an approximately 40-year-old woman, and Mel, an approximately 22-year-old man.
Pleasant M. Osburn Bill of Sale
Contract by Pleasant M. Osburn for the sale of land and six enslaved people, four of whom were children, Patsy age 35, Lucy age 10, Margaret age 8, Erick age 7, Mourning age 25 and Ann age 8 to Wiley Neubury, Clark County, Arkansas, February 12, 1847
Ruth Polk Patterson Papers Addendum
Materials in this collection are various draft manuscripts of Ruth Polk Patterson’s books about her grandfather’s life and work as a slave in Arkansas. Spencer Polk, Patterson’s grandfather, was born to an enslaved woman, Sally, and her enslaver Taylor Polk. Unusually, Spencer and his siblings by Sally were raised along with Taylor Polk's white children.
Shreve Family Papers
The papers consist of three series--correspondence, family papers, and photographs. Papers include genealogical records, Civil War military records, property records (including a tax valuation of enslaved people), farm produce notebooks, Shreve family photographs and photographs of Washington County subjects.
Shugart Plantation Records
Enslaved person deeds, cotton accounts, and other records pertaining to the Henry F. Shugart Plantation of Dallas County; 1 reel of microfilm.
Rachel Skoney Research Papers
The Rachel Skoney Research Papers contain computer printouts of statistical data Skoney generated while she was preparing her master's thesis, "Large Planters and Planter Persistence in Antebellum Arkansas, 1850-1860". Some files contain Skoney's descriptions of the programs used to analyze the data.
Trulock Family Collection
Materials in this collection includes biographical material, correspondence, financial materials, photographs, and deeds.