Promissory notes from freedmen to members of the McMillan family in Wilcox County, Alabama.
Each note records the amount of money borrowed and includes the date by which the borrower agrees to repay the McMillans. One note, dated January 5, 1870, promises to pay one bale of cotton "for every hand" that works in the fields "lying on Foster Creek." (The spellings of some...
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Alabama documents Promissory notes from freedmen to members of the McMillan family in Wilcox County, Alabama. |
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Alabama documents Heath, Add; Irby, America; Irby, Americus; Marsh, Dennis; McMillan, E. J.; McMillan, E. J., Mrs.; Shippey, Silas; Shippy, Silus; Young, Archie; African Americans--Alabama; Freed persons--Alabama; Plantation life--Alabama; Reconstruction (U.S. History, 1865-1877)--Alabama; Wilcox County (Ala.) |
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Each note records the amount of money borrowed and includes the date by which the borrower agrees to repay the McMillans. One note, dated January 5, 1870, promises to pay one bale of cotton "for every hand" that works in the fields "lying on Foster Creek." (The spellings of some names vary from one note to another.) |
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Promissory notes from freedmen to members of the McMillan family in Wilcox County, Alabama.Each note records the amount of money borrowed and includes the date by which the borrower agrees to repay the McMillans. One note, dated January 5, 1870, promises to pay one bale of cotton "for every hand" that works in the fields "lying on Foster Creek." (The spellings of some names vary from one note to another.)1870-18711870-01-051870-1879Heath, Add; Irby, America; Irby, Americus; Marsh, Dennis; McMillan, E. J.; McMillan, E. J., Mrs.; Shippey, Silas; Shippy, Silus; Young, Archie; African Americans--Alabama; Freed persons--Alabama; Plantation life--Alabama; Reconstruction (U.S. History, 1865-1877)--Alabama; Wilcox County (Ala.)TextContractsMcMillan familyMcMillan family freedmen's recordsSPR500Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130 EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections. http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/13836 |
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Promissory notes from freedmen to members of the McMillan family in Wilcox County, Alabama. |
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Promissory notes from freedmen to members of the McMillan family in Wilcox County, Alabama. |
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