Letter from Irwin Griggs in Gosport, Alabama, to Martha Griggs in Eufaula, Alabama.
In the letter, Griggs, a formerly enslaved man, discusses a labor contract he has signed to farm sixty acres of cotton, and he mentions that several other formerly enslaved people are also doing well. It is likely that Martha Griggs was the wife of his former enslaver (James Griggs of Barbour County...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/23052 |
| Summary: | In the letter, Griggs, a formerly enslaved man, discusses a labor contract he has signed to farm sixty acres of cotton, and he mentions that several other formerly enslaved people are also doing well. It is likely that Martha Griggs was the wife of his former enslaver (James Griggs of Barbour County) because he refers to her as "Mistress." A transcription is included. |
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