
Excerpt from letter describing the enslaved people Durant H. Davis had recently purchased in Tennessee.
Item
Title
Excerpt from letter describing the enslaved people Durant H. Davis had recently purchased in Tennessee.
Creator
Durant H. Davis
Contributor
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Date
November 24, 1839
Description
Excerpt from November 24, 1839 Durant H. Davis letter to Ashbel Smith describing the enslaved people had recently purchased in Tennessee.
Format
Still image
Identifier
https://search.library.yale.edu/catalog/12820908
Language
en
English
Rights
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Source
Durant H. Davis, Greensboro, Alabama, to Ashbel Smith, Houston, Texas (November 24, 1839). WA MSS S-3142 D2919, Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Books and Manuscripts Library.