Source | https://lcdl.library.cofc.edu/lcdl/catalog/lcdl:113744?tify={%22pages%22:[14],%22panX%22:0.499,%22panY%22:0.667,%22view%22:%22scan%22,%22zoom%22:1.003} Title: Alonzo White Account Book Date: 1853 Creator (Personal): White, Alonzo James, 1812-1880 Description: This account book contains information relating to the domestic slave trade, compiled by, or for, Alonzo White, an auctioneer, broker, and commission agent in Charleston, SC. It includes lists of enslaved people, one list of agricultural goods, attached lists of enslaved people and calculations. Slave lists include amounts of money received from sales as well as the names, ages and other information related to the enslaved person's physical conditions, occupations, and skills. Sales listed are for the estate of Dr. J.W. Schmidt (plantation in St. Bartholomew's Parish, Colleton District and "city negroes"), J.I.H., W.P. Ingraham (Spring Hill and Benevento Plantations), Lieutenant Shubrick, the estate of Mrs. James Lowndes, J.W. Wilkinson, W.J. Grayson, S. Magwood, Charles Alston Jr., and Capt. D.N. Ingraham. Additional sales are for R. DeTreville, Col. J.P. Alston (of Waccamaw), W.M. Hunt, H.P. Walker, J. Motte Alston, Charles Kerrison, Chas. Bearing, Harmony [Plantation], the estate of Harriett Hamlin (Samuel H. Hamlin, administrator), A. & W. Middleton, the estate of W[illia]m S. Fenell, and J.L. Fabian. Collection Title: South Carolina Historical Society Manuscripts Contributing Institution: South Carolina Historical Society Media Type: Manuscripts Personal or Corporate Subject: White, Alonzo James, 1812-1880 Topical Subject: Slave records--South Carolina, Slave trade--South Carolina, Slaves--South Carolina, South Carolina--History--Sources, Auctions--South Carolina--Charleston, and African Americans--South Carolina--History--Sources Geographic Subject: South Carolina--History S.C. County: Charleston County (S.C.) Language: English Shelving Locator: 34/0350 Date Digital: 2016-06-24 Digitization Specifications: 600 dpi, 24-bit depth, color, Archival masters are tiffs. Internet Media Type: image/jpeg Copyright Status Statement: Public domain. Access Information: For more information contact South Carolina Historical Society at Addlestone Library, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, 29424. Admin ID: 23444 |