Theme: Salary
Question: How expensive and profitable was slavery for plantation owners and overseers such as Paul Cameron and Charles Lewellyn?
Summarizing:
The two sources that were provided were letters written from Paul Cameron to his father, Du…
Summarize
1. What type of historical document is the source?
This historical document is in the form of an interview.
2. What specific information, details, and/or perspectives does the source provide?
The source provides Doc Edwards' perspective…
series: 1.3.3, box: 40, folder: 935, date: 1844-10-12
Summary
Paul Cameron wrote this letter to his father, Duncan Cameron, on October 12, 1844 from Stagville, NC. He uses the first part of the letter to give his father the news of illnesses in his…
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