Posts Tagged ‘Slaves’
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What happened to George W. Hale’s slave, Airy?
0August 17, 2014 by elhseven
According to the Bureau of Land Management, George Washington Hale bought 477 acres between 1859 and 1860. A few years …
keep readingCategory People, Places | Tags: Airy, Caddo Parish, Caddo Prairie, George Washington Hale, Hale, Robert Hamilton, slaveowners, Slaves
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1850 Bossier Parish Slave Census
0February 18, 2014 by elhseven
The 1850 U.S. Federal Slave Schedule for Bossier Parish reported 4,396 slaves with 295 slaveowners. There are some slaveowners missing …
keep readingCategory People | Tags: 1850 Slave Census, Bossier parish, Red River Sankofa Project, Rural NW LA African American Genealogy, slaveowners, Slaves
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Goldpoint Plantation, NW Louisiana
0January 28, 2014 by elhseven
Goldpoint Plantation, Bossier, Parish The following includes a list of indentured servants from Goldpoint plantation. This 1857 conveyance record represents …
keep readingCategory People, Places | Tags: "NO LAND...ONLY SLAVES!" Volume 1, African American genealogy, Bossier parish, Goldpoint Plantation, James Belton Pickett Jr., Jerry Whitehat, Jim Bebows, Jim Buck, Jim Hickory, John Guthridge, John Pierce, Mary Knox, Red River Baptist Church, Red River Sankofa Project, Rural NW LA African American Genealogy, Seaborn Bradford, Slaves
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Hettie Adger Cemetery/St. Paul CME Church
0January 18, 2014 by elhseven
I continue to tell people sometimes the only evidence of one’s existence is found in a graveyard. If you are …
keep readingCategory Places | Tags: African American genealogy, African American History, Belcher, Caddo Parish, Carolina Bluff CME Church, Dickson, Hettie Adger, Morris & Dickson Co., Plain Dealing, Rural NW Louisiana, Rush Point Plantation, Slaves, St. Paul CME Church
