List of enslaved persons to be brought to Rouzee plantation from North Carolina
date: label: Date
content: 1794-1830
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 handwritten, one page, single-sided document is titled "Hands to be brought from N. Ca." at the top. The document consists of a list of men in the lefthand column, totaled "8 males" at the bottom, and a list of women and children in the righthand column, totaled "9 females + 4 children" at the bottom. In the middle is the note "From Richmond / 2 children" above some numerical notations, possibly monetary amounts.
label: Description
content: The names in the list of males are as follows: John Ray, Henry, Davy Sr., Buck, Wm Rsand, Davy Jr, Harry, Robert.
label: Description
content: The names in the list of women and children are as follows: Marin + child, Mary Jane, Dilcy+ Baby, Amy + child + Lizzie Nurse, Judy Marins daughter, Eliza Walker, Sally, Agnes + baby to be notified immediately, Fenton.
label: Description
content: The two children noted in the middle are not named.
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place depicted
content: Richmond, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
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: Children
label: Topic
content: Domestic slave trade
label: Topic
content: Finance
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Women
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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: 2011.104.36
objectType: label: Type
content: financial records
label: Type
content: lists
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 1/4 x 7 3/4 in. (31.1 x 19.7 cm)