Totten, Joseph Silas, 1806-1861
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Joseph Silas Totten (1806-1861) of Yanceyville, N.C., was a slave trader, planter, and president of the Yanceyville Plank Road Company. He and Allen Gunn of Yanceyville traded under the name of Totten & Gunn, and Totten traveled the South in his business of speculating in slaves. Among the children he and his wife Amanda McAlpin Totten (1821-1890) had was a son, Leroy Logan M. Totten (1843-1903), who served in the Confederate army during the Civil War.
From the description of Joseph Silas Totten papers, 11832-1876. WorldCat record id: 422781477
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Subjects:
- Slavery
- Account books
- African Americans
- Drama
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
- Slave bills of sale
- Slave trade
- Slave traders
- Tobacco
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- Caswell County (N.C.) (as recorded)
- North Carolina (as recorded)
- Yanceyville (N.C.) (as recorded)
- Mississippi (as recorded)
- Southern States (as recorded)
