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Size | 1 volume |
Abstract | Microfilm only. Plantation book kept by James P. Postell, a white farmer, documents the enslaved people and their labor in growing cotton, corn, and potatoes at Kelvin Grove Plantation, St. Simons Island, Ga. The plantation book includes lists of enslaved people, as well as stock, diagrams of the plantation, and notations, 1853-1854, of daily agricultural work. |
Creator | Postell, James P., Active 1853-1854. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
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Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Conscious Editing Work by: Nancy Kaiser, July 2020. Updated abstract, subject headings, biographical note, and scope and content note.
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Enslaved people lived at and provided the labor for Kelvin Grove Plantation on St. Simon's Island, Ga., beginning in 1798.
In 1853, James P. Postell (b. circa 1833) married Anne Armstrong Cater, whose family owned Kelvin Grove.
Biographical information was derived in part from GlynnGen.com Coastal Georgia Genealogy and History.
Back to TopMicrofilm only. Plantation book kept by James P. Postell, a white farmer, documents the enslaved people and their labor in growing cotton, corn, and potatoes at Kelvin Grove Plantation, St. Simons Island, Ga. The plantation book includes lists of enslaved people, as well as stock, diagrams of the plantation, and notations, 1853-1854, of daily agricultural work.
Back to TopReel M-2771/1 |
Kelvin Grove Plantation Book, 1853-1868 |