Elias Horry Deas papers, 1845 July-1867 Apr. 19; (bulk, 1865-1867).

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Elias Horry Deas papers, 1845 July-1867 Apr. 19; (bulk, 1865-1867).

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Correspondence, receipts, and accounts discuss conditions in lowcountry after Civil War; including 6 letters, 5 May 1865-20 Oct. 1866, to daughter Anne Simons Deas, [Greenville, S.C.], re social conditions in Charleston and Cordesville, S.C.; destruction at Comingtee, Buck Hall, and Washington plantations along Cooper River; thoughts on emancipation; behavior of freedmen in Christ Church parish and vicinity; race relations and fights between whites and Negro troops stationed in Charleston; disappointing harvest from rice planted under sharecropping system; and mention of George Howe teaching at Kingstree and preaching at Florence, S.C. Other papers include labor contracts, 7 Sept. 1865 and 3 Mar. 1866, listing names of approximately 60 freedmen and women on Buck Hall and Washington plantations, specifying mutual obligations for raising and protecting the crop, with note describing wooden compass used for measurement of tasks; partnership agreement, 18 Apr. 1866, with Edward J. Minot of New York, who was investing an advance of $2500 in Deas' future crop; accounts, 18 Apr. 1866 and 10 and 16 Apr. 1867, with James R. Pringle showing sales of rice; and letter, 11 May 1866, Moncks Corner, S.C., Sub Asst. Commissioner, Freedmens Bureau, requesting list of "all destitute persons, white and black" on Deas' property in danger of starvation.

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Deas family.

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Howe, George, 1802-1883

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Presbyterian clergyman, educator, and author of South Carolina. From the description of George Howe Papers, 1835-1879. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 84542609 ...

Deas, Anne Simons.

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Writer. From the description of Anne Simons Deas papers, ca. 1900. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32144557 Author, of Summerville, S.C.; born 1845; daughter of Dr. Elias Horry and Ann Ball Deas. From the description of Anne Simons Deas papers, 1893-1910. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 34528522 ...

United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands

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The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, usually referred to as simply the Freedmen's Bureau, was a U.S. federal government agency that aided distressed freedmen (freed slaves) in 1865–1869, during the Reconstruction era of the United States. The Freedmen's Bureau Bill, which created the Freedmen's Bureau, was initiated by President Abraham Lincoln and was intended to last for one year after the end of the Civil War. It was passed on March 3, 1865, by Congress to aid former slaves ...

Deas, Elias Horry, 1803-1867.

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S.C. Representative, physician, and planter, of St. John Berkeley parish and Charleston, S.C. From the description of Elias Horry Deas papers, 1845 July-1867 Apr. 19; (bulk, 1865-1867). (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 34528637 ...