Business Ledger of a Denmark Area Enslaver, 1820-1860
The Tennessee Virtual Archive (TeVA) contains a digitized copy of a document identified as Business Ledger of a West Tennessee Slave Owner. The book is described in the catalogue:
Business ledger approximately 200 pages, dating from 1820 belonging to a landowner and slaveholder of Denmark, Tennessee. Listed are the names, ages, and prices of slaves involved in an estate appraisal. Later generations used the old ledger for scrapbook pictures and poems, one poem entitled, “The Confederate Flag.” It includes a picture of the TN State Capitol. Ledger belonged to the family of Caroline Meriwether and [Allan] DeBerry. The total property value was estimated at $49,578.
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