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Original Title
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Rare Slavery Documents - Brockenborough, Ellen
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Devised Title
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Estate Papers of Ellen Brockenborough
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Date
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1850
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Contributor
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James N. Eaton
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Description
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Rare 1850 slavery documents from the Ellen Brockenborough estate include a will and receipts of transfer between family members. These records provide critical insight into the legal and economic treatment of enslaved people as property, revealing the deep entrenchment of slavery in family estates.
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Location
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Tallahassee
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Leon County
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Florida
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United States of America
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Type
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Textual document
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Medium
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Paper
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Additional Techniques
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Print
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Measurements
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L:20.8cm x W:10.9cm
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Format
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PDF
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HBCU Identifier
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AR_0012_100_01_B01_F07
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HCAC Identifier
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HCAC.FAMU.0143
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Rights
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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.
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Contributing Institution
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Florida A&M University
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Source
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James N. Eaton, Sr. Collection
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Language
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English