BROWNRIGG FAMILY PAPERS, #2226, 1736-1944
Correspondence and other papers of the Brownrigg family of Chowan County, North Carolina,
and Lowndes County, Mississippi. Financial and legal materials contain many items concerning
the buying and selling of slaves (1736-1862).
Personal correspondence includes comments on the disposition of slaves (1885); the prayer of slave "old Dick" (1835); messages
sent home from slaves traveling with their owners (1835); and an
observation of the "kindly affectionate relations" between slaves and masters in southwest
Virginia (1835). Microfilm available.
