JAMES HERVEY GREENLEE DIARY #1735, 1837; 1847-1902
The personal diary of Greenlee, planter, slaveholder, and Presbyterian evangelical of Burke
and McDowell Counties, North Carolina. Entries document the daily tasks assigned to his
slaves, some of whom were apparently skilled as coopers, cobblers, and tanners. Included in
the diary are references to Greenlee's guarded views about the eventual abolition of slavery
(1848); his support of proselytizing among slaves in order to
train them as missionaries to Africa (1849-1852); and his and his slaves' reactions to
emancipation (1865). Microfilm available.