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| Size | 1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 375 items) |
| Abstract | David Outlaw, a white farmer and a Whig member of Congress from 1847 to 1853, owned a farm near Windsor in Bertie County, N.C., whose operations included the forced labor of enslaved people. George, an enslaved person, managed the farm in David Outlaw's absence. The collection is chiefly correspondence of David Outlaw to his wife, Emily Outlaw. Subjects discussed are trafficking (then called "hiring out") of people enslaved by the Outlaws; state and national politics, including the Mexican War, slavery, sectionalism, the Wilmot Proviso, the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and various politicians; social life in Washington, D.C.; and Outlaw's family, especially the education of their daughters, and the farm. Also included are a few letters from Outlaw's wife and daughter and genealogical material on the Outlaw and Anderson families of Tennessee (typed transcriptions). |
| Creator | Outlaw, David, 1806-1868. |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Biographical Information
David Outlaw, a white farmer and a Whig congressman from 1847 to 1853, owned a farm near Windsor in Bertie County, N.C., whose operations included the forced labor of enslaved people. George, an enslaved person, managed the farm in David Outlaw's absence. David Outlaw was married to Emily Outlaw.
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David Outlaw, a white farmer and a Whig member of Congress from 1847 to 1853, owned a farm near Windsor in Bertie County, N.C., whose operations included the forced labor of enslaved people. George, an enslaved person, managed the farm in David Outlaw's absence. The collection is chiefly correspondence of David Outlaw to his wife, Emily Outlaw. Subjects discussed are trafficking (then called "hiring out") of people enslaved by the Outlaws; state and national politics, including the Mexican War, slavery, sectionalism, the Wilmot Proviso, the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and various politicians; social life in Washington, D.C.; and Outlaw's family, especially the education of their daughters, and the farm. Also included are a few letters from Outlaw's wife and daughter and genealogical material on the Outlaw and Anderson families of Tennessee (typed transcriptions).
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David Outlaw Papers, 1847-1855; 1866.
Arrangement: chronological.
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Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Finding aid updated for digitization by Kathryn Michaelis, October 2010
Conscious Editing Work by: Nancy Kaiser, October 2020. Updated abstract, subject headings, biographical note, and scope and content note.
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