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Plantation book kept by D. H. Smith in 1858.

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@ Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130

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Smith served as an overseer on Willis P. Bocock's Waldwick Plantation in Marengo County, Alabama. The book records births and deaths among the slaves; time lost for sickness and visits by the doctor; articles sold from and purchased for the plantation; the amount of cotton picked by each slave and the number of bales shipped; rainy days throughout the year; and information about livestock and other crops. Also included are loose pages that probably came from another plantation book; the handwriting seems to match D. H. Smith's, and most of the pages are dated 1856.
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Text
Format:
600 Ppi Tiff
Created Date:
1856, 1858 1856 00 00
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Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130