Rice C. Ballard papers
Series: Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 3: The institution of slavery; Slavery & anti-slavery
Published: 1752
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource],
Number of pages: 4610
Subjects: Slave records; Slave trade; Plantations
Description: Rice Carter Ballard (c. 1800-1860) was an agent in the internal slave trade in the United States and co-owner of several plantations in the Mississippi Valley. The Rice C. Ballard Papers, 1822-1888, are a trove of information on the institution of slavery. The collection contains such documents as correspondence, slave lists, slave trading accounts, and plantation journals, all illuminating aspects of the institution of slavery.
Notes: Reproduction of the original from the Rice C. Ballard Papers #4850, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.