Montgomery County, Alabama Slave Holder Affidavits: October 19, 1861

Montgomery County, Alabama Slave Holder Affidavits: October 19, 1861

Slave owners, or their representatives, filed these affidavits with the Montgomery County Judge of Probate to reclaim enslaved people that they owned who had become imprisoned in Montgomery County, Alabama. In most cases, the affidavits provide the name, age, sex, and skin color of an enslaved perso...

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Main Author: Montgomery County, Alabama Probate Court
Format: Electronic
Published: Montgomery County Archives
Subjects:
photographs, labor contracts, slaveholder affidavits
Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17217coll8/id/69
format Electronic
building Montgomery County Archives
publisher Montgomery County Archives
topic photographs, labor contracts, slaveholder affidavits
spellingShingle photographs, labor contracts, slaveholder affidavits
Montgomery County, Alabama Slave Holder Affidavits: October 19, 1861
Montgomery County, Alabama Probate Court
fulltopic photographs, labor contracts, slaveholder affidavits
Arkansas; Montgomery County (Ala.); Men; Slaves; African Americans; Slaveholders; William; Edwin Belson
description Slave owners, or their representatives, filed these affidavits with the Montgomery County Judge of Probate to reclaim enslaved people that they owned who had become imprisoned in Montgomery County, Alabama. In most cases, the affidavits provide the name, age, sex, and skin color of an enslaved person. The affidavits also provide the names of the owners of the enslaved persons, and the Alabama counties the owners lived in. In many cases, it appears an owner sent a representative to reclaim an enslaved person. In those instances, the affidavit also contains the representative’s name. In the rare occurrence that the enslaved person’s owner resided outside of Alabama, the affidavit at the least provided the name of the state, and sometimes the community, the owner lived in. This particular affidavit concerns an enslaved man named William whose owner resided in Arkansas, Edwin Belson, William's owner's representative, filled out the affidavit with the Montgomery County, Alabama probate court on October 19, 1861.
spelling Montgomery County, Alabama Slave Holder Affidavits: October 19, 1861Arkansas; Montgomery County (Ala.); Men; Slaves; African Americans; Slaveholders; William; Edwin BelsonSlave owners, or their representatives, filed these affidavits with the Montgomery County Judge of Probate to reclaim enslaved people that they owned who had become imprisoned in Montgomery County, Alabama. In most cases, the affidavits provide the name, age, sex, and skin color of an enslaved person. The affidavits also provide the names of the owners of the enslaved persons, and the Alabama counties the owners lived in. In many cases, it appears an owner sent a representative to reclaim an enslaved person. In those instances, the affidavit also contains the representative’s name. In the rare occurrence that the enslaved person’s owner resided outside of Alabama, the affidavit at the least provided the name of the state, and sometimes the community, the owner lived in. This particular affidavit concerns an enslaved man named William whose owner resided in Arkansas, Edwin Belson, William's owner's representative, filled out the affidavit with the Montgomery County, Alabama probate court on October 19, 1861.Montgomery County, Alabama Probate CourtOctober 19, 1861DocumentJPGProbateOffice_SlaveholderAffidavits_066This 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 the Montgomery County Archives 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/p17217coll8/id/69
title Montgomery County, Alabama Slave Holder Affidavits: October 19, 1861
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