Edward Dixon papers
Series: Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 3: The institution of slavery; Slavery & anti-slavery
Published: 1768
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource],
Number of pages: 38
Subjects: Merchants; Plantations; Slavery; Tobacco industry; History; Commerce
Description: This collection houses the ledgers, daybooks, wastebooks, account books, and letters of Edward Dixon, a prominent merchant in Caroline County, Virginia. His papers allow researchers to learn about the tobacco economy of colonial Virginia, for which many slaves labored.
Notes: Reproduction of the original from the Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.