Ballard, Rice C., papers, 1843-1872.

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Ballard, Rice C., papers, 1843-1872.

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Document operations on Ballard's Elcho and Outpost plantations in Louisiana and cotton claims made against his estate and the U.S. government by his widow Louise C. Ballard Purdy.

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Ballard, Rice C. (Rice Carter), -1860

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Rice Carter Ballard (c. 1800-1860) was a slave trader based in Richmond, Va., who worked in partnership with the large slave trading firm of Isaac Franklin and John Armfield in the late 1820s and early 1830s. By the early 1840s, Ballard had settled down as a planter with several plantations in the Mississippi Valley. He married Louise Berthe around 1840 and made his home in Louisville, Ky. Ballard and his wife had three children: Ella (b. 1841), and twins Ann Carter and Charlotte Berthe (b. 1847...

Purdy, Louise C.

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