List of enslaved persons and yards of cloth ordered for Rouzee family plantation
date: label: Date
content: early 19th century
name: label: Owned by
content: Rouzee Family, American
notes: label: Caption
content: This document is from a collection of financial papers related to the plantation operations of several generations of the Rouzee Family in Essex County, Virginia. The papers date from the 1790s through 1860.
label: Description
content: A single page document with notes handwritten in black ink on both sides.The notes consist of a list of names on one side and the enumeration of the number of "men, boys, women and children" owned by the Rouzees' on the other, as well as measurements in yards of cloth.
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place made
content: Essex County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Finance
label: Topic
content: Slavery
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Liljenquist Family Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: Rouzee Family Papers
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Liljenquist Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.104.29
objectType: label: Type
content: financial records
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: L x W: 8 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (21 x 18.4 cm)