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Handwritten manuscript diary of an upstate New York Black woman
Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: MS-0607
Scope and Contents
1928 handwritten manuscript diary of an upstate New York hardworking Black woman:This 'single entry ledger' was probably used as an accouting type book for the first 74 pages, which were then excised and the book was turned into a journal starting on page 75. It has a total of 113 pages in pencil running from March 29 through December 19, 1928. The author is believed to be an African- American woman belonging to 'Harry Family House' in Montgomery, Orange County, New York. She is...
Dates:
1928 March-December
Found in:
Special Collections
Johns Hopkins University collection of slavery records
Collection
Identifier: MS-0847
Abstract
The Johns Hopkins University collection of slavery records is an artificially assembed collection by the curators of Special collections, with materials that span from the 18th to the 19th century and primarily document the enslavement of African Americans in the United States.
Dates:
1775-1860
Found in:
Special Collections