Name/Title
Dear Master: Letters of a Slave FamilyEntry/Object ID
2011.002.073Description
Collection of more than 200 letters that reveal the relationship of 2 generations of the Skipwith family with the Virginia planter John Hartwell Cocke. Provides a first-hand look at the values, self-perception, and private life of the black American slave.
Includes letters from Liberia, 1834-1861 from Peyton Skipwith, Diana Skipwith, Nash Skipwith, Matilda Skipwith, James Skipwith; and letters from Alabama, 1847-1865 from George Skipwith, Lucy Skipwith.
297 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation LibraryAcquisition
Accession
2011.002.Source or Donor
New Library Catalog Records (2011)Acquisition Method
Found in CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
BookNomenclature Sub-Class
Other DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Slaves--Alabama--Greene County--Correspondence, African Americans--Liberia--Correspondence, Greene County (Ala.)--History--SourcesBook Details
Author
Skipwith FamilyPublisher
University of Georgia PressDate Published
1990Call No.
E444 .D42 1990ISBN
0820312304LCCN
8920536Location
Category
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023General Notes
Note
Notes: Edited by Randall M. Miller.
"Brown Thrasher books."
Reprint. Originally published: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, c1978. With new introduction.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-285) and index.Created By
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December 22, 2011Updated By
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April 5, 2023