ARNOLD AND SCREVAN FAMILY PAPERS, #3419, 1762-1903
Papers of members of the Arnold family of Providence, Rhode Island, and Bayou County,
Georgia, and of the Screvan family of Savannah, Georgia. The collection contains business and
family correspondence, financial and legal writings, farm journals, and genealogical
information. Papers include instructions on the management of slaves in Georgia. (1832-1861), medical bills for treatment of slaves
(1762-1826), and slave lists (1811-1869). Also documented are family disputes over the
ownership of 60 slaves (1833?); Northern attitudes toward slavery
(1849); attempts to stop the flow of runaway slaves behind Union
lines (1862); and relations with free black Union soldiers (1864). Microfilm available.