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The good health of a slave was essential to a plantation owner. Without healthy slaves, there would be no successful plantation, and in turn no successful owner. This idea was only further confirmed after continued research into the Cameron family l…
Find here analysis of the letters focused on the people mentioned in the letters and the conditions of their lives. This group work was completed by students in ECI 727A Digital history and Social Studies, Spring semester 2009 at NC State
Date: July 6, 1847
Author: Paul Cameron
Recipient: Duncan Cameron
Letter: Excerpt one reads, "I found but little indescription in the black families..."
Details of slavery: Due to the natural state of this letter I had a lot of difficult determining…
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Both of the letters examined were written by Charles Lewellyn to Mr. Cameron on the events of the Cameron plantation in Alabama. Each letter is direct and to the point, with no superfluous information. Lewellyn describes the crops in ea…
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The historical document that I read was a letter written by Paul Cameron to his Father, Duncan Cameron, on September 5, 1844. The first page of the letter is catching D. Cameron up on the occurrences of the trip taken by Paul, his famil…
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This piece is an interview with Doc Edwards, an 84 year old former slave, on August 6, 1937. Doc Edwards belonged to Paul Cameron but worked specifically for P. Cameron’s son, “Master Benehan”. He worked primarily in the kitchen but due…
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A common theme throughout all plantation histories is the well-being of the property of plantation owners, particularly the health of the slaves. Simply put-without slaves a plantation would not see success. In order for a plantation to prosper it had to produce enough crops to sell as well as supply those living at the plantation. In the Antebellum South this was accomplished through the cruelty of slavery. A slaveholder depended upon his slaves to work his land while he dealt with other issues… Continue
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