Slack family.
Slack family of Iberville Parish, La., included Eliphalet Slack (1778-1843), who moved to Louisiana from Weston, Mass., in 1829-1830, and Henry Richmond Slack (1835-1890), member of the Yale College class of 1855, sugar planter, and Confederate officer. The chief agricultural pursuit of the Slack family in Louisiana changed from cotton growing to sugar growing around 1834.
From the description of Slack family papers, 1805-1891 (bulk 1830s-1891) [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 22875753
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | Slack family. Slack family papers, 1805-1891 (bulk 1830s-1891) [manuscript]. | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Bibliographic and Digital Archival Resources
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| associatedWith | Benjamin family. | family |
| associatedWith | Confederate States of America. Army | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Confederate States of America. Army. Louisiana Cavalry Regiment, 1st. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Cutter family. | family |
| associatedWith | Slack, Eliphalet, 1778-1843. | person |
| associatedWith | Slack, Henry Richmond, 1835-1890. | person |
| associatedWith | Slack, William Samuel, 1869-1944. | person |
| associatedWith | Woolfolk family. | family |
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| Albany County (N.Y.) | |||
| Weston (Mass.) | |||
| Louisiana | |||
| Iberville Parish (La.) | |||
| Confederate States of America | |||
| United States | |||
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| Slavery |
| Agriculture |
| Cotton growing |
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| Freedmen |
| Plantation life |
| Plantations |
| Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) |
| Sugar growing |
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Active 1891
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