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George Moses Horton acrostics [from Richard Allison Torrance subject files]
Title
George Moses Horton acrostics [from Richard Allison Torrance subject files]
Creator
Horton, George Moses, 1798?-approximately 1880
Date Created
1854
Subjects--Topical
Acrostics, Enslaved persons
Description
Acrostic poems to Mary McClean and Sophia Alexander (ca. 1854) by George Moses Horton, an enslaved African American poet from Chatham County, N.C. These were commissioned by Torrance while a student at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
Records of enslaved persons
Title
Records of enslaved persons
Creator
Torrance, Margaret Allison, 1798-1880
Date Created
1799, 1867
Subjects--Topical
Enslavers, Plantation life, Plantation owners, Slaveholders, Slave bills of sale, Slave records, Slavery, Enslaved persons, Enslavement
Description
Of particular interest is an overseer's contract (1862) of Margaret Allison Torance that outlines daily routines for field hands. Notebooks of James G. Torrance list enslaved persons (1836, 1839, 1840, 1844-47). A postwar contract (6/14/1867) bind...
Richard Allison Torrance correspondence
Title
Richard Allison Torrance correspondence
Creator
Torrance, Richard Allison, 1833-1927
Date Created
1861-07-10, 1865-05-03
Subjects--Topical
Enslavers, Plantation life, Plantation owners, Slaveholders, Condolence notes, Cotton trade, War, Visiting cards, Slavery, Enslaved persons, Enslavement
Description
Reflects viewpoints and lifestyle of a prominent and successful Mecklenburg County planter. Topics includes birth, marriage, illness, death, and similar family concerns; and agriculture. Civil War correspondence reflects North Carolina's involveme...