WILLIAM ERVINE SPARKMAN PLANTATION JOURNAL, #681, 1833- 1888
One volume containing a wide variety of entries relating to Cottage and Springwood
Plantations on the Black River in South Carolina. Most entries relate to agricultural
activities and often distinguish between work performed by male and female slaves. The
journal also includes inventories of slaves, slave birth and death records, dates and
circumstances of slave purchases, accounts of blanket and clothing distributions, and work
details. Microfilm available.