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Wilson, James Pliny, Jr., 1808-1891
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division | Sc MG 967
0.25 linear feet (1 box)
James Pliny Wilson, Jr., (1808-1891) was the owner of a plantation known as Levensworth (also spelled Leavensworth), located in Darlington, South Carolina. The Bible (published in New York by Daniel B. Smith, 1825) contains eight pages of birth...
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Nautilus Insurance Company
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division | Sc MG 715
1.75 linear feet (6 boxes)
The Nautilus Insurance Company (predecessor of the New York Life Insurance Company) was one of several insurance companies that sold policies to enslavers to insure their enslaved persons against damages or death. The Nautilus Insurance Company...
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