Slaves
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Centenary College of Louisiana Treasurer records
Collection
Identifier: CCL-Treasurer
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of financial records maintained by the treasurer of Centenary College of
Louisiana (Jackson, La.). It consists of the following – Series 1: Manuscript volumes (1846-1906),
Series 2: Bills, accounts, receipts (1841-1906).Series 1: Manuscript volumes (1846-1906) include account books, daybooks, and cashbooks. The
account books commonly list financial transactions grouped by person or subject. The daybooks and
cashbooks provide a daily list of income and...
Dates:
1841 - 1906
Keener family papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-Mss. Coll. 50
Scope and Contents
The Keener family papers consist of approximately 100 letters, dating from 1825 to 1861, addressed to
John Christian Keener or to his wife, Mary Anna Spencer Keener, by members of Mrs. Keener's family. Mrs. Keener's parents, Anna Baker and Richard Spencer, had moved from Maryland, settled first in
Georgia, and later Alabama. At the time of the early letters, the Spencers were farming a plantation in
Dallas County, Alabama, called Davenport Place. They raised cotton, corn, peaches, and...
Dates:
1825 - 1861
Jane Carr Chapman Thornton letter
Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 53
Scope and Contents
Typescript of letter about Centenary College (Brandon Springs, Mississippi). Thornton writes of
travelling with her family from Virginia and arriving in Jackson, Mississippi, in November 1841. She
describes Centenary College’s campus, dormitory, cottages, and a nearby medicinal spring. One of the
college’s buildings is the home of her son, Thomas Chapman Thornton, who serves as the president of
Centenary. She also mentions the people enslaved by her family who have traveled with the...
Dates:
1842