HENRY ALDERSON ELLISON PAPERS, #1432, 1848-1882
Slave records and other papers relating to the family of Ellison, planter of Baldwin
County, Alabama. The collection includes a 16-page notebook containing lists of slaves
belonging to Ellison and records of their hire to other planters (1848, 1858-1860). The collection also
contains a letter from Abram M. Allen, an Ellison slave freed before the Civil War, in which
Allen advises his former owners of his whereabouts and offers hope for the future (1864). Microfilm available.
