Slave claim board

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: MSS-044

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

One ledger containing entries from a five month period in 1864

Dates

Created: ca. May 1864-October 12, 1864
Other: Date acquired: 00/12/1983

Creator

Confederate States of America (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

No Restrictions

Biographical or Historical Information

This ledger was part of a transfer from the Augusta Museum of History to the Augusta-Richmond County Historical Society ca. 1970. This bound ledger contains records of petitions from slaveholders to the Confederate States of America government for slaves either contracted or comandeered for the war effort. Petitions cover a range of Southern states. The majority of claims appear to be from Alabama, South Carolina and Virginia.

Note written by Carol Waggoner-Angleton

Extent

1.00 items

Language

English

Additional Description

Abstract

A ledger containing petitions to the government of the Confederate States of America for compensation for contracted or commandeered slaves

Physical Access Requirements

Volume is fragile

Source of Acquisition

Augusta Richmond County Museum

Method of Acquisition

This material was transferred to Reese Library Special Collections, Augusta University, by the Augusta Richmond County Museum in December 1983. Acc# 1983.14