Circuit Court records - CLPL
Alternate Title
Negro Record Book. Slave Register.
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Description
Register of enslaved persons brought into the state by their owners not for sale or hire dating 1837-1845.
Transcription
From the "Record of Slaves, 1837-1845" for Lowndes County, Mississippi (also known as the Negro Record Book). The state of Mississippi enacted a law on May 13, 1837 requiring slave owners to register with the clerk of the Circuit Clerk of the county most convenient to the place where he first entered the state, and take an oath that he had not brought such slave or slaves into the state for the purpose of sale or hire. The clerk was then required to record that the oath had taken place and provide said person with a certificate containing an official seal. Traveling in or through the state without taking said oath would result in an arrest. If found guilty, the punishment was payment of a fine. Citation: Laws of Mississippi-Called Session: 9-368.
Approximate Creation Date
1837-1845
Time Period
1830-1839; 1840-1849
Subjects
Slaveholders.; Slavery -- Mississippi.; Slavery -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources.; Slaveholders.; Slaves -- Social Conditions.; Plantations -- Mississippi.; Legal documents.; Negotiable instruments.
Keywords
Slavery, Slaves, Circuit Court, Enslaved persons, Lowndes County, Mississippi, Colored, Freedmen, Legal Instrument
Geographic Location
Columbus--Mississippi; Lowndes County (Miss.).
Object Type
Text
Physical Format
Document
Digital Format
TIFF
Physical ID
Lowndes County Circuit Court Record of Slaves, 1837-1845
Digital ID
CLP_CircuitCourt_RecordofSlaves_1837-1845
Source
Lowndes County Circuit Court Record of Slaves, 1837-1845. Billups-Garth Archives, Columbus-Lowndes Public Library System (Miss.).
Repository
Columus-Lowndes Public Library System
Publisher
Columbus-Lowndes Public Library System
Digital Publisher
Mississippi State University Libraries
Rights
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Recommended Citation
Lowndes County Circuit Court Record of Slaves, 1837-45. Local Government Records, Billups-Garth Archives, Columbus-Lowndes Public Library System.
Contact Information
662-329-5300