Questionnaire prepared by H. C. Nixon to gather information on slavery in Alabama.

The questionnaire was sent to former slaveholders and former slaves. It asks for details about dwellings and possessions; clothing and food; occupations and typical workdays; money earned by slaves for their own use; family life; entertainment; education; religion and morality; visitation privileges...

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Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/3727
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Summary:The questionnaire was sent to former slaveholders and former slaves. It asks for details about dwellings and possessions; clothing and food; occupations and typical workdays; money earned by slaves for their own use; family life; entertainment; education; religion and morality; visitation privileges and runaways; relationships between masters and slaves; emancipation; free African Americans; and whites who did not own slaves.