Descriptive Summary
Canebrake
Plantation
Canebrake Plantation Records
1856-1858
21216811
3 volumes
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,
The University of Texas at Austin
Canebrake Plantation was
owned and operated by James Green Carson (1815-1863) until he moved across the
Mississippi River to Airlie Plantation in East Carroll Parish, Louisiana,
around 1846. Collection is made up of record books for 1856, 1857, and 1858
that contain information about the affairs of Canebrake Plantation in Adams
County, Mississippi.
English.
Arrangement
Record books arranged chronologically under topics within books.
Historical Note
Canebrake Plantation was owned and operated by James Green Carson
(1815-1863) until he moved across the Mississippi River to Airlie Plantation in
East Carroll Parish, Louisiana, around 1846.
Scope and Contents
Record books for 1856, 1857, and 1858 contain information about the
affairs of Canebrake Plantation in Adams County, Mississippi. Books include a
daily record of events, a daily record of cotton picked, and lists of
livestock, equipment, and births and deaths of slaves entered by the overseers.
The books, printed by Thomas Affleck of New Orleans, also contain contemporary
advertising.
Index Terms
Subjects (Persons)
Affleck, Thomas, 1812-1868.
Diamond, R.S.
Meek, M.H.
Williams, F. M.
Subjects
Cotton growing--Mississippi.
Plantations--Mississippi--Adams
County.
Slavery--Mississippi.
Adams County
(Miss.)--History--Sources.
Canebrake Plantation (Adams County,
Miss.)
Cite as
Canebrake Plantation Records, 1856-1858, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,
University of Texas at Austin.
Alternate Format Available
Available on microfilm as part of Records of Ante-Bellum Southern
Plantations, Series G, from University Publications of America, 44 North Market
St., Frederick, MD 21701.
Original records
2B177
Canebrake Plantation Records
Microfilm of records
18,355
Series G, Part 1, Reel 11 of the Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations
microfilm