Did you encounter any technical issues? The postwar constitutional amendments that abolished slavery and extended national citizenship to ex-slaves enabled Wood to pursue Ward in federal court. Today, the opulent residence, which was . They note that disenfranchisement and segregation only worsened the racial wealth gap, which was established under slavery and remains today. Betsy brought $1400. Harriss said many architectural features were kept true to the original design when the house was renovated in. The New York Times observed, "Files of newspapers of the five years following the passage of the Fugitive Slave Law are filled with stories of the kidnapping of free men in free States." The Robertson County Tax Rolls for 1866 show him with 25 horses and no real estate. Varina Banks Howell, dau of William & Margaret Howell, married Jefferson Davis on Feb 26, 1845 in the parlor of The Briars. The New York Times observed, Files of newspapers of the five years following the passage of the Fugitive Slave Law are filled with stories of the kidnapping of free men in free States. (In fact, free black Northerners had been kidnapped for years before the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850.) CNNs Athena Jones reported from Richmond, Virginia and Michael Martinez contributed from Los Angeles. Anyone who knows me well knows that my imaginary dream house is a Spanish villa or a Colonial period house. Terms of Use After years of trials and tribulations, a group of 300 of Ross' slaves were transported to Africa, where they founded Liberia. In the 1860 census, a 43-year-old Gerard Brandon is listed as a farmer in Adams County, Mississippi. By the 3rd he paid $53 for a ferry at Trinity, Louisiana (likely to cross the Black River), and then paid $38 to cross Little River on the 7th. Its an incredibly complicated and tragic institution that were just beginning to understand the dimensions of, Levengood said. Cirode returned to France in 1844, abandoning his wife, Jane, who eventually took Wood with her to Ohio, a free state. The 1860 slave census shows 52 slaves on Fish Haul. The free, public website also provides a high-resolution copy of the antique documents that identify the slave. On July 1, 1863, just days before the U.S. Army arrived to free thousands of people around Natchez, Brandon, determined to defy emancipation, forced some 300 slaves to march 400 miles to Texas, far beyond the reach of federal soldiers. Returns from Salado to reports of death, including Henrietta has just come to say Diceys little boy is dead. After moving to Ables, All at Home for the war. Description of the Able Family , and another Mississippi refugee named Williams.10 Difficulty getting a beef he had paid for. By suing Ward for the wages she had lost while owned by Brandon, her lawyers made clear that a verdict for Wood was an acknowledgment of the evils of slavery itself. Begins September 15 entry. We sold all the negros 43 in number at astonishingly large prices the whole amounting to $32016. Mandys child died. Photograph: Jessica Crawford. On my way to camp I called to see Mr.Blackshear, in Springfield, who gives him a very good dinner, pure coffee. Begins August 9 entry: This Holy Sabbath morn finds me near the banks of the Brazos, without meal or meat, because of price gouging and worthless Confederate paper. 1856 Brandon Hall In Natchez Mississippi $3,850,000 SOLD 73 Natchez Trace Pkwy, Natchez, Mississippi, 39120 7 beds 8 baths 10,768 sqft 45 acres Plantation Property Website Realtor Information: Jackie Smith PAUL GREEN REALTORS 601-442-2768 About This 1856 Brandon Hall In Natchez Mississippi Brandon Hall C1856. Tours Robertsons college, then under construction. Not only business operations and day-to-day labor routines, but family affairs, the roles of women, racial attitudes, relations between masters and slaves, social and cultural life, the values shared by members of the planter class, and The house was built c. 1765 by . Now, she watched nervously as the 12 jurors returned to their seats. Visits another refugee family, hears some incidents they had heard of the occupation of Natchez. Legal trouble with Hughes.12 Talks to lawyer A. And when the carriage finally rolled to a stop outside of Covington, Ward's men were waiting. They and their heirs farmed it successfully until 1720 when it was sold to Nathaniel Harrison. They also operate tours during the fall and spring pilgrimages. Cirode's daughter and son-in-law, Josephine and Robert White, still lived in Kentucky and disagreed with Jane Cirode's manumission of Wood; they viewed her as their inheritance. 1847, d. 1885; married Joseph C. Pierce, Agnes Brandon (b. June 29, 1851, d. January 19, 1862; see, Sarah Brandon (b. June 29, 1851, d. December 13, 1862; see, Charles Gerard Brandon (b. Brandon Plantation, one of the nation's oldest working farms along the James River in Prince George County, was sold to a family in Florida for $17.8 million. By 1878, white Northerners were retreating from Reconstruction. Brooding about home. Brandon Hall Plantation, west side. I wanted to be able to see and connect the dots.. Set in 19th century Louisiana, Smith portrays a runaway slave who embarks on a treacherous journey to Baton Rouge while thwarting off violent plantation owners. This inventory lists the names, ages and capabilities of Arnold's newly . Daisy Patterson Brandon Dale (Natchez: Daisy Patterson Brandon Dale, 2007), 72., Williams may be the Mississippi-born Walter Williams who died in 1959 at age 117, though that claim has been questioned., Phoebe appears to have been owned by Brandons brother Dr.James C. Brandon. As laid out in McDaniel's book, in 1840, Mississippi accounted for nearly a quarter of all. A Natchez refugee visits and told of many negroes who went to Yankees, that Billy Sanderson had killed himself drinking with them, that Freds wife had been hung, that Merrill was giving them dinner parties &c. but had heard never a word of my family. Feelings of worry and suspense. The traders put Wood up for sale at Natchezs infamous Forks of the Road slave market. Left for home 4th Feby 1864. On Sunday attended church in forenoon, saw a fistfight in eve, & a company pass having in charge nine deserters. Ownership was also an investment: purchased children and adults may or may not have been . Two hundred and five years ago, on the night of January 8, 1811, more than 500 enslaved people took up arms in one of the largest slave rebellions in U.S. history. Begin August 20 entry. Describes the Brazos (he appears to spell as Brassos) as a little, crooked, muddy [? (That route is supported by a notation on page 5 of his journal showing that he paid a toll at Neches on July 21.). Finally, they announced a verdict that few expected: "We, the Jury in the above entitled cause, do find for the plaintiff and assess her damages in the premises at Two thousand five hundred dollars.". All rights reserved. Phoebe is living with a good family for her food and clothing only. Whether she succeeded in that quest is unknown but she did find a lawyer, Harvey Myers. But Wood's name never made it into the history books. Many of the slaves had been forgotten to the world until the Virginia Historical Society received a $100,000 grant to pore over some of its 8 million unpublished manuscripts letters, diaries, ledgers, books and farm documents from Virginians dating to the 1600s and began discovering the long-lost identities of the slaves, said society president and CEO Paul Levengood. Plantation records reveal nearly every aspect of plantation life. (this book has a wealth of info on slaves - since many of the people listed were freed in wills - details of emancipation are there as well as detailed physical descriptions) The building is an example of the fast-disappearing service structures that once were a ubiquitous feature of the Southern agrarian landscape. The traders put Wood up for sale at Natchez's infamous Forks of the Road slave market. "Brandon was a very rich man," Wood later said. A record now at the National Archives in Chicago confirms that he did, in 1879. Zebulon Ward was their man. Wood suffered another, unexpected setback in 1874 when her lawyer was murdered by a clients husband in an unrelated divorce case. He helped Wood file a lawsuit in Cincinnati against Ward, now a wealthy man living in Lexington. This article is a selection from the September 2019 issue of Smithsonian magazine. More on Mandys child. Reflects on James in the field. It was four years after the Confederate surrender before Wood was able to return up the river, where she tried to locate long-lost members of her family in Kentucky. He then traveled on to Texas via these stops, according to a list on an unnumbered page of his journal: If he followed marked roads out of Alexandria to the Sabine River, then he would have gone through Natchitoches, but that road would have taken him to Milam, Texas, not Sabinetown. Brandon Hall Plantation, built ca 1856 by Gerard Brandon, U.S. 61, Washington. : Estate of Sara Brandon Rickey, 2000), 63n6., Thanks to Will Jones for locating Brandons name in the county tax rolls as part of his RA Assignments for Fall 2015., See Map of Robertson County, Portal to Texas History., Sandersons 72 slaves, valued at $64,800 appear in the Freestone County Tax Roles for 1864. The trial began only after eight years of litigation, leaving Wood to wonder if she would ever get justice. Saving Slave Houses Project Preservationist Jobie Hill gave a tour of the Brandon Plantation in southern Virginia and talked about her Saving Slave Houses project and read more Report. The antique papers turned out to mention slaves. ), so Poole (overseer) left, presumably with slaves. But these people were writing down their inventory as if you would for insurance purposes. He owned 700 to 800 slaves on several plantations, and he "put me to work at once in the cotton field," she said. In 1889, he was one of the first African-American graduates of what became Northwestern University's School of Law. When she died in 1912, her suit was already forgotten by all except her son. Then, in 1848, Jane Cirode went to a county courthouse and registered Wood as free. That's why, at the end . The "finest" house at the Brandon Hall Plantation, for example, was built by the enslaved. 3:10 PM EST, Mon February 6, 2012. They also said that Ward's alleged crimes had occurred too far in the past a recurring argument against reparations. Not everyone agreed with the verdict, but the facts of her horrific story were widely accepted as credible. Brandon was a very rich man, Wood later said. With help from his mothers court-ordered compensation, Arthur bought a house, started a family and paid for his own schooling. These searches were performed by Christina via HeritageQuest as part of her RA Assignments.4. Went to pay for some corn. His brother was Dr.James C. Brandon (1820-1884), with whom he was particularly close; both brothers named sons after the other. The plaintiff was Henrietta Wood, described by a reporter at the time as "a spectacled negro woman, apparently 60 years old." Brandon is an historic plantation located on the south shore of the James River in Prince George County, Virginia. Ward's lawyers stalled, claiming that Wood's failed antebellum suit for freedom proved his innocence. You have to read between the lines: Oh, they mention Amy in a letter, and then you have to read another letter in the collection to realize that Amy is a slave and not a family member, Levengood said. One of N.J.'s first instances of slavery is marked at this burial ground 27/02/2023 Kathy DeAngelo, a member of the historian commission from the Tinton Falls historical society shows the Crawford House and burial ground that was an iron mine where enslaved African Americans worked in Tinton Falls, NJ on Tuesday Feb. 14, 2023. The database features a public message board, filled with notes posted by users searching for ancestors who may have been slaves. Brandon married Charlotte Smith Hoggatt in 1840 in Adams County, Mississippi. Her captors' destination was Lexington, Kentucky, where prices for slaves had risen with the Southern cotton economy. Those Virginia families found the old, handwritten papers in attics, basements or desk drawers, Levengood said. I created this site because I have a passion for old houses! On July 1, 1863, just days before the U.S. Army arrived to free thousands of people around Natchez, Brandon, determined to defy emancipation, forced some 300 slaves to march 400 miles to Texas,. Old Mr. S. Turner bought Jane and children. I first learned of Wood from two interviews she gave to reporters in the 1870s. Today, it remains virtually unknown, even as reparations for slavery are once again in the headlines. Wood was among them. The database, which went online last September with 1,500 names, sets itself apart from the few other existing slave databases which limit themselves to specific plantations or to ship manifests that list the captives by their native African names, society officials said. She spent the first nights of her captivity locked inside two roadside inns. A native Kentuckian who had recently moved to Covington, just across the Ohio River from Cincinnati, Ward became a deputy sheriff in 1853. Brandon Hall C1856. An 1858 runaway slave ad for Elijah, who said Gerard Brandon was his owner, is in the Runaway Slaves in Mississippi project, edited by Douglas Chambers and Max Grivno, on p.536. Gerod Brandon appears on the 1864 County Tax Rolls for Robertson County with no real estate, but 270 slaves valued at $108,000, as well as $5000 in Confederate Notes and $6,125 in horses, cattle, and other property. Wood was an early contributor to a long tradition of formerly enslaved people and their descendants demanding redress. [1] [2] [3] must be sold out of this section, or hung, or I must move, as my negroes might be the cause of all the negroes being dissatisfied and many a man might loose his property by my coming here. 1850 - According to the District Census, Boone Hall was producing 4,000,000 bricks per year using 85 slaves . The site is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and the final tour starts at 4 p.m. Contact the agent for information. The search for enslaved ancestors requires research in the records of slaveholding families. Two of Brandons brothers were killed in battle, one at Chancellorsville and one at Fredricksburg (p.329). Harrisonburg by the 16th, butcould not pass the pickets" and found that all the Ferries on Ouachita & Tensas were destroyed or strictly guarded. Backtracks to Alexandria. Harriss said many architectural features were kept true to the original design when the house was renovated in the mid-1980s, apart from closets, bathrooms, and the closed in porch. Today, many reparations advocates look to legislation, targeting governments for their complicity in slavery and white supremacy. Cobbler and corn bread with another host. Though a fraction of what Wood had asked for, the amount would be worth nearly $65,000 today. Headed back to TX today using same route Brandon took with slaves, including Wood, in 1863. 2023 Cable News Network. Slave traders met the demand by buying slaves in Virginia, Kentucky and Maryland and selling them in the cotton states. Brandon told me that Mr.Poole was offered $2000 in gold for Phoebe on his way to Texas, but he was on ahead of wagons and negroes and did not hear of it until too late. Saturday April 17, 2021 The widely acclaimed Slave Dwelling Project comes to Natchez April 17 as part of an effort designed to bring attention to the world of the enslaved in the Natchez District. Chilly weather. On the page opposite the list of deaths, there are also notations about Middletons expenses. When he returned to camp,Sanford had come up with all the negroes. According to scarborough2003, p.432, Brandon owned 706 enslaved people on plantations in Adams County (512), Concordia Parish (113) and Tensas Parish (81) in the 1860 Census, making him the tenth largest slaveholder in Scarboroughs sample for 1860, even though he does not appear on Scarboroughs sample of planters with over 500 slaves in 1850. "Not so many complications of a legal nature arise out of the old relations of master and slave as might have been expected," the New-York Tribune argued with barely concealed relief. "I can't quite tell my age," Wood recalled in a newspaper interview in 1876, but she knew she was born enslaved to the Tousey family between 1818 and 1820. Swing also told the jurors to focus on Wood's kidnapping in assessing the case, and the vast majority of freed people could not show, as Wood did, that they had been re-enslaved. Some pictures of the Brandon cemetery are on Flickr. In the first half of the 19th century, there were as many as 85 slaves working at the plantation. appreciated. Her official freedom papers, at a courthouse in Cincinnati, had been destroyed in an 1849 fire, and her kidnappers had confiscated her personal copy. Improve this listing Property amenities Free parking . The society stores the documents in an archive spanning thousands of square feet, he said. Privacy Statement But Woods name never made it into the history books. See menn1964 for more information about this holding., J. H. Coltons map of the state of Louisiana and eastern part of Texas, commented on the unequal application of criminal justice, Walter Williams who died in 1959 at age 117, Philip A. Brandon (b. On April 17, 1878, 12 white jurors entered a federal courtroom in Cincinnati to deliver the verdict in a now-forgotten lawsuit about American slavery. The advanced search fields include the slaves first name or last name; gender; occupation; owners last name; date range; and record type. These 81 years extended from Mississippi's frontier days during the period of grace and plenty before the Civil War, and through the South's darkest hours after the war. : Estate of Sara Brandon Rickey, 2000), 79, available at Historic Natchez Foundation., In 1872, Brandon was still in a legal dispute over an assumption of debt on a plantation he purchased in Tensas Parish (LA) from Hughes, who moved to Texas in 1862 or 1863. See Goodspeeds entry on the Brandon family. The freedom suit had prevented Ward from selling Wood for nearly two years, but in 1855, he took her to a Kentucky slave-trading firm that did business in Natchez, Mississippi. 2023 Smithsonian Magazine Copyright 2019 Smithsonian Institution. In 1889, he was one of the first African-American graduates of what became Northwestern Universitys School of Law. Wipple preach. He was sent a bottle of wine, jelly cake, & pies. It wasn't until she returned to Mississippi with Brandon in 1866 that she gained her freedom; she continued to work for Brandon, now promised a salary of $10 a month, but she would say she was never paid. See, Trinity River (specific place illegible, but may be Madisonville) (possibly by July 22, when he paid $28 for a ferry, according to page 5 of the journal), qq Transcribe relevant portions of Texas diary, qq Go through probate records on Ancestry. The defendant was Zebulon Ward, a white man who had enslaved Wood 25 years before. Wood was among them. Some 80 people came to Saturdays workshop, including Gale Carter, a high school history teacher who flew in from East Chicago, Indiana for the event. The Civil War began, followed in 1863 by the Emancipation Proclamation, but Woods ordeal continued. Clipping of J. H. Coltons map of the state of Louisiana and eastern part of Texas (1863) showing locations mentioned in Brandons account of his flight from Natchez. Sanford has gone to Monroe, returned about the 1st, and the authorities say I have not had any negroes in their hands. Hears that the Yankees had not molested anyone in our neighborhood, & all were getting on pretty well. Sanford saw a family wash their feet in the skillet in which they had cooked their supper! The trial began only after eight years of litigation, leaving Wood to wonder if she would ever get justice. Reprinted with permission from Smithsonian Enterprises. Begins December 27 entry. Yet Wood v. Ward did not set a sweeping legal precedent. Discouraged by possibility of his being taken a prisoner when he tries to return. Brandon Plantation was situated in the area where the regularized production of bright leaf tobacco was developed in the 1820s, an industry requiring slave labor. My father gave $25. Researching black folk is difficult, so anytime you can find a new resource its always good to investigate, he said. Not everyone agreed with the verdict, but the facts of her horrific story were widely accepted as credible. In 1637, merchants John Sadler and Richard Quiney and mariner William Barber, bought Martin's Brandon. It is believed that the name Brandon came from the family name of Martin's wife . 1842 wing of the residence. The Whites lived in Covington, too, and in the spring of 1853 they persuaded Ward to pay them $300 for the right to sell Wood and pocket the proceeds himself provided he could get her. In 1987 the home was completely renovated and restored, perfectly duplicating the original construction. I worked under the meanest overseers, and got flogged and flogged, until I thought I should die.. Sign up so you don't miss a single old house!!! (pg 44a-44b), Adams County, Mississippi: 217 enslaved people were listed under Gerard Brandon, trustee for children. 70 slave dwellings were also noted. . Brandon strictly instructs them not to trade with anyone. All Rights Reserved. But Woods award, however insufficient, was not ineffectual. Before the Civil War, large Southern rice and cotton plantations depended on enslaved African Americans to operate successfully. "Fortunately for this country the institution of slavery has passed away," he had instructed the jurors, "and we should not bring our particular ideas of the legality or morality of an institution of that character into Court or the jury-box." Often they appeared in the records of the owners who owned slaves as human property, which to us sounds so obscene and alien, said Levengood, whos also a historian. The society Saturday held the first of four community workshops on how to use the online database at the organizations headquarters in Richmond, Virginia. Conversation with Dr.Killibrou (?) This was the most valuable property they owned, and they wanted to make sure it was recorded. If he followed the road from San Augustine to Crockett pictured on Texas Map (1865), then he likely passed through Nacogdoches as well. Property is 45 acres and one of the few private driveways directly off the Natchez Trace Parkway. In 1969, civil rights leader James Forman issued a manifesto calling on churches and synagogues to pay half a billion dollars in reparations to black Americans. Ward planned to make Wood the latest victim of this trade, but she resolved to fight. His wife Charlotte (39) and children Elmina (16), James (14), Charlotte (12), Sarah (9), Agnes (9), Mary (5), and Alice (4) are listed a fellow members of the household. On July 1, 1863, just days before the U.S. Army arrived to free thousands of people around Natchez, Brandon, determined to defy emancipation, forced some 300 slaves to march 400 miles to Texas, far beyond the reach of federal soldiers. Lee Hall Plantation: Richard Decatur Lee : 371159N 763432W : 72001510 : Lexington Plantation: George Mason V : 383838N 771156W . The great hall of Riverrun was, perforce, the largest single room in the castle. Perfect for an unforgettable. Sends Sandy to post office hoping to hear from home. | READ MORE. Boone Hall was built on the backs of black slaves, who harvested cotton and pecans and produced brick on its grounds. Finally, they announced a verdict that few expected: We, the Jury in the above entitled cause, do find for the plaintiff and assess her damages in the premises at Two thousand five hundred dollars.. When he died in 1951, after a long career as a lawyer, he left behind a large clan of descendants who were able to launch professional careers of their own, even as redlining and other racially discriminatory practices put a chokehold on the South Side neighborhoods where they lived. Inside, behind the handsomely recessed main entrance, were parlor rugs from the Orient, services of English silver, mantels of the finest Italian marble and great pier mirrors from France., Since the 1860 slave schedule was not searchable at the time, the page numbers are provided for the Mississippi and Louisiana slave schedules., The affidavit says that on the 1st of July, 1863, the pending war, and the exigencies of the times compelled his hasty departure from this state for the state of Texas, where he was detained until February 1864. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. When he died in 1951, after a long career as a lawyer, he left behind a large clan of descendants who were able to launch professional careers of their own, even as redlining and other racially discriminatory practices put a chokehold on the South Side neighborhoods where they lived. Today, it remains virtually unknown, even as reparations for slavery are once again in the headlines. A record now at the National Archives in Chicago confirms that he did, in 1879. Begins December 26 entry, very rainy. My children must thank me for the attempt to save [?] In the 1890s another formerly enslaved woman, Callie House, led a national organization pressuring the government for ex-slave pensions. CROSS THAT RIVER continues in New York for a limited engagement through Sunday, Dec. 31 at the 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street, between Madison and Park Avenues). Captivating Houses, Even the judge who presided over Wood's case, Phillip Swing, viewed it narrowly. List of troubles: screw wormshow many of them there are. But Wood and her lawyers had argued that the case was about much more than damages from abduction. Over 700 Black men and women were enslaved on this plantation. Born into bondage in Kentucky, Wood testified, she had been granted her freedom in Cincinnati in 1848, but five years later she was kidnapped by Ward, who sold her, and she ended up enslaved on a Texas plantation until after the Civil War. A Warner Bros. Descendants identify the man in this photograph, found on Ancestry.com, as Brandon. Able. He strikes new deal with Able to settle on his land: he could let me heave as much land as Col. R. had offered, with 300 acres in cultivation, 2 cabins, & corn in the ground at $1 per barrel, and let me have the use of a mill , would charge $5 an acre for the cleared land & let me pay for it by picking cotton at $1 per 100 pounds. Brandon agrees. In the 1890s another formerly enslaved woman, Callie House, led a national organization pressuring the government for ex-slave pensions. Has dinner with a woman who is hard on all who were not in the army, two soldiers from Vicksburg also critical of Mississippians. The tract was known as Martin's Brandon. If you are interested in a house, all information, including: price, status, neighborhood, condition, etc., must be independently verified. Slave traders met the demand by buying slaves in Virginia, Kentucky, and Maryland and selling them in the cotton states. Begins September 29 entry. All the while, however, there were people conspiring to take her freedom away. Call List Agent for a Fact Sheet. At San Agustine by 11th. This mansion on the outskirts of Natchez was once the centerpiece of a large cotton plantation located on the Natchez Trace. Major Boone was a successful planter and slave owner, and his plantation . These slaves hadn't been disguised as 'servants . Most slaves were by their owners design and eventually by law forbidden to learn how to read and write, so they didnt leave us material that so many figures in the past did, Levengood said. The Brandons had numerous slaves and most likely used them for tobacco growing, resulting the in the prosperity that enabled the construction of the ca. All the while, however, there were people conspiring to take her freedom away. This structure still exists as the "basement" of the present house known as Brandon Hall. This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Virginia that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, other historic registers, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design. After her suit, she moved with her son to Chicago. Begins October 21, the most melancholly day I have had in Texas. James (Jim) leaves for home & from thence to the army., Begins October 25 entry. Her captors destination was Lexington, Kentucky, where prices for slaves had risen in tandem with the Southern cotton economy. Hes hoping his 12 grandchildren can benefit from his work. A historical society in Virginia, where slavery began in the American colonies in 1619, has discovered the identities of 3,200 slaves from unpublished private documents, providing new information for todays descendants in a first-of-its-kind online database, society officials say. One Sunday afternoon in April 1853, Boyd tricked Wood into taking a carriage ride across the river. Bowens was born at Drayton in 1908, and returned to Charleston from Chicago in the 1970s. The gang located Wood's employer in Cincinnati, a boardinghouse keeper named Rebecca Boyd, and paid her to join their scheme. In 1833 Chew sold the property to Nathaniel Hoggatt, a successful planter whose daughter Charlotte inherited the land after his death. The Liberator: A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Cause of Good Government and the Advancement of the American Negro, Los Angeles, California, 29 November 1912, page 5. The whole country bleeds and is in mourning. It is currently used as a successful wedding venue and bed & breakfast. He feels they are ungrateful even though he has done all he could to make them comfortable, I wont say satisfied. Wishes Poole had them on a place where had full work for them, could make them feel tired at night, & where others observed discipline, he might get along very well. His enslaved people have a wide freedom of movement at night, in a land where most of the people have no slaves, & have never been used to them, & where many say they want one for company. He fears how Poole will get along when I am gone. He will leave strict laws. Begins September 6 entry, awakened again at night by the cry of dogs & the yelling of men., Able reports a runaway, disputes over stolen money and trading done by Bill. 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