Lists of enslaved persons hired out by the Rouzee family in 1811
date: label: Date
content: 1811
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: This document consists of three lists relating to the hire of enslaved persons in 1811. The first list is titled only "1811." Below the first list, the second list is titled "List of negro hires in Culpepper paid in advance." At the bottom of the page is a third list titled "Rouzee Negroes hired out for the year 1811." Each list consists of names of enslaved persons, the name of the person they were hired out to, and the amount due the enslaver for their labor or services. The document is a single page, handwritten in black ink. The right side of the paper is uneven. On the reverse, in the center of the page, is written, "List of negro hires 1811."
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: Finance
label: Topic
content: Slave hire system
label: Topic
content: Slavery
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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: 2011.104.24
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: 12 7/8 x 8 in. (32.7 x 20.3 cm)