Letter from Howell Rose in Coosa County, Alabama, to Bolling Hall.
In the letter Rose discusses a disturbance among the slaves on his plantation, and he asks Hall to investigate the matter: "I must...ask you to ride over to my plantation and ascertain...the fact of the assembling of white men there on the Sabbath, shooting & drinking, all so there [sic] na...
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In the letter Rose discusses a disturbance among the slaves on his plantation, and he asks Hall to investigate the matter: "I must...ask you to ride over to my plantation and ascertain...the fact of the assembling of white men there on the Sabbath, shooting & drinking, all so there [sic] names & residence, if it is not conveneant [sic] for you to go will you have the goodness to send for these two Boys to come to your house where you can examne [sic] them, & if you find that the facts are as you have under stood them to be, you will greatly oblige me, by giving the two fellows, such chastisement as you think they diserve [sic], for allowing such conduct without letting me know of it...I have engaged an overseer for the next year, he will be down by the last of next week." |
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Q0000046449 - Q0000046450Q46449 - Q46450Letter from Howell Rose in Coosa County, Alabama, to Bolling Hall.In the letter Rose discusses a disturbance among the slaves on his plantation, and he asks Hall to investigate the matter: "I must...ask you to ride over to my plantation and ascertain...the fact of the assembling of white men there on the Sabbath, shooting & drinking, all so there [sic] names & residence, if it is not conveneant [sic] for you to go will you have the goodness to send for these two Boys to come to your house where you can examne [sic] them, & if you find that the facts are as you have under stood them to be, you will greatly oblige me, by giving the two fellows, such chastisement as you think they diserve [sic], for allowing such conduct without letting me know of it...I have engaged an overseer for the next year, he will be down by the last of next week."185018501850-1859Hall, Bolling, 1813-1897; Rose, Howell; African Americans--Alabama; Plantation life--Alabama; Slavery--AlabamaTextCorrespondenceBolling Hall familyBolling Hall family papersLPR39, Box 5v3459Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis 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.600 PPI TIFFhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/5405 |
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