[ENSLAVEMENT & ABOLITION]. Manuscript inventory and appraisement document listing over 80 enslaved persons at L\'Esperance Plantation. N.p., 17 January 1859.

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[ENSLAVEMENT & ABOLITION]. Manuscript inventory and appraisement document listing over 80 enslaved persons at L\'Esperance Plantation. N.p., 17 January 1859.

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Cincinnati

Description

[ENSLAVEMENT & ABOLITION]. Manuscript inventory and appraisement document listing over 80 enslaved persons at L'Esperance Plantation. N.p., 17 January 1859.

"Inventory & appraisement of Negroes, in families, on the 'L'Esperance' plantation." 4pp, 8 x 10 in. (creasing, occasional tears at folds, toning). Enslaved persons listed in family groups when applicable, sometimes including first names and surnames. Additional information such as age, assessed value, and "crippled" or "unsound" indicated. Signed "Thos. Neal" and "N.C. Weems."

No location is specified on the document. Several plantations bearing the name "Esperance" were identified, including in Caldwell and St. James Parishes, Louisiana. A "L'Esperance Plantation" was located in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands.

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

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Freeman's I Hindman strives to describe historic materials in a manner that is respectful to all communities, providing descriptive contexts for objects where possible. The nature of historical ephemera is such that some material may represent positions, language, values, and stereotypes that are not consistent with the current values and practices at Freeman's I Hindman.

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