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.

Item sets

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