Estate Papers of Edmund Brooke

Original Title

Rare Slavery Documents - Brooke, Edmund Valuation and Appraisement

Devised Title

Estate Papers of Edmund Brooke

Date

1843

Creator

State of Florida See all items with this value

Contributor

James N. Eaton

Description

These rare 1843 slave documents from the deceased Edmund Brooke estate provide an itemized list of all of the slaves on the property. This list includes gender and age identifiers before each of their names, along with the price for each person.

Primary Subject

1800-1899 See all items with this value

Racism See all items with this value

Agriculture See all items with this value

White supremacy movements See all items with this value

Location

Tallahassee

Leon County

Florida

United States of America

Type

Textual document

Medium

Paper

Additional Techniques

Print

Measurements

L:20.8cm x W:10.9cm

Format

PDF

HBCU Identifier

AR_0012_100_01_B01_F08

HCAC Identifier

HCAC.FAMU.0159

Rights

All rights reserved. The use of any part of these objects and photographs transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or stored in a retrieval system without the prior written consent of MEBA is an infringement of the copyright law.

Contributing Institution

Florida A&M University

Source

James N. Eaton, Sr. Collection

Collection

Rare Slave Documents See all items with this value

Language

English

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