News Article Reporting the Beating Death of an Enslaved Overseer by 8 Enslaved Persons

Creator

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Description

News article in which 8 unnamed runaway enslaved persons turned themselves in after sometime living in the woods, having beaten their abusive overseer to death on Windsor plantation

Approximate Creation Date

1849-04-17

Time Period

1840-1849

Subjects

Enslaved persons ; Slaveholders ; Plantation owners ; Slavery -- Louisiana ; Slavery -- Louisiana -- History -- Sources

Geographic Location

Vidalia (La.)

Object Type

Text

Physical Format

article

Digital Format

TIFF

Digital ID

MUM00431_stone_b1_f4_015

Source

Alfred H. Stone Collection, Archives & Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries

Repository

University of Mississippi

Digital Publisher

University of Mississippi Libraries

Rights

This item is free from copyright and may be reproduced without prior consent.

Recommended Citation

"News Article Reporting the Beating Death of an Enslaved Overseer by 8 Enslaved Persons" (2022). University of Mississippi. 101.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/lantern-um/101

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email archivesdept@olemiss.edu