David Andrew Coleman diary, 1845 Nov. - 1860 Jan.

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David Andrew Coleman diary, 1845 Nov. - 1860 Jan.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/69652126

Transcription of diary, Nov. 1845-Apr. 1846, re a trip through the deep south and later entries, Sept. 1856-Jan. 1860, re plantation management in S.C. First part of diary documents Coleman's tour of Mississippi and Louisiana during the winter and spring of 1845-1846 and includes descriptions of expenditures for food, lodging, ferries, and tolls, distances traveled each day, the productivity of the land through which he was traveling, and Springfield, Miss., which he condemned as a "worn out, filthy looking place." Later entries, Sept. 1856-Jan. 1860, consist of short daily entries by Coleman re: musters of the state militia, work done by his African American slaves, deaths in the family, trips to Columbia, Feasterville, Salem, and Winnsboro, S.C., visitors to his plantation, expenditures, weather conditions, sales and hiring-out of slaves, planting and harvesting of crops, hunting, management of livestock, the building of a school house, and the hanging of John Brown.

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7998233

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Brown, John, 1800-1859

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John Brown (May 9, 1800, Torrington, Connecticut – December 2, 1859, Charles Town, Virginia) was born in Connecticut in 1800 before migrating with his family at an early age to the Connecticut Western Reserve. He failed at several business ventures and land speculations before devoting his life to the abolition of slavery. Brown was executed in 1859 following his failed attempt to incite a slave rebellion at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Edwin Coppoc, a native of Salem, Ohio, joined Brown in his rai...

Coleman, David Andrew, 1823-1863.

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Planter of Fairfield District, S.C.; son of Henry Alexander Coleman (1797-1877) and Chanie Feaster (1800-1878). From the description of David Andrew Coleman diary, 1845 Nov. - 1860 Jan. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 69652126 ...