Inventory of Slaves from Mulberry Hill and White Hall Plantations, Bryan County, Georgia, December 1823
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Artifact Overview
Before the Civil War, large Southern rice and cotton plantations depended on enslaved African Americans to operate successfully. Mulberry Hill and White Hall Plantations, located in Bryan County, Georgia, had more than 130 slaves when Richard James Arnold took over in 1823. (The plantations were part of his wife's dowry.) This inventory lists the names, ages and capabilities of Arnold's newly acquired captive workforce.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Inventory
Subject Date
December 1823
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.23.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Ink
Technique
Handwriting
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 12.25 in
Inscriptions
on front, at bottom:
The above are at White Hall / Dec 1823 / Among the negros [sic] claimed by [illegible] the following are [illegible] with my [illegible]
on back, at top:
List [illegible] workers [illegible] Half Hands [illegible] Children
below the list, centered:
All the above hands at Mulbury [sic] Hill / Dec 1823
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