J.F.H. Claiborne papers, 1818-1885
Series: Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 3: The institution of slavery; Slavery & anti-slavery
Published: 1811
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource],
Number of pages: 383
Subjects: Choctaw Indians; Claims; Forest policy; Indians of North America; Government relations; Plantations; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877); Slavery; Slave trade; Timber; History; Politics and government; Confederate States of America. Army of Tennessee; Confederate States of America; Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Cavalry Regiment; Democratic Party (U.S.)
Description: This collection consists of the correspondence, plantation records, writings, and diaries of John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne, a lawyer, Democratic newspaper editor, U.S. representative, plantation owner, and historian. His records include slave transactions and other matters of business on the plantation, as well as information on slavery and the slave trade.
Notes: Reproduction of the original from the Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.