Antebellum ledger

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unitid

{"value"=>"185545", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"Sc MG 940", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"b22605676", "type"=>"local_b"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"ca. 1853-1865", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1853/1865", "certainty"=>"approximate"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Antebellum ledger"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 box", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"0.25 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}

repository

{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</span>"}

langmaterial

{"value"=>"English"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>This ledger, most likely from the 19th century because of the dates listed, is possibly a city or county government's ledger used to assign personal, land, and property taxes to the members of the surrounding towns and/or communities.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Among the \"items\" listed are enslaved people, who are denoted as property and assigned arbitrary values. Two dates can be found in the ledger, 1853 and 1865. The ledger mentions the areas of Polk Mill, Seaford Road, and Concord, and the name \"Morgan\". Items are listed mostly in alphabetical order by last name of free/white adult citizens. In some cases, a citizen is listed, but the only value listed is for \"person\" which could mean that the individual did not own property but was still taxed.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Elizabeth Oram, March 2017.</p>"}

date_start

1853

keydate

1853

date_end

1865

date_inclusive_start

1853

date_inclusive_end

1865

extent_statement

0.25 linear feet (1 box)

prefercite

{"value"=>"[Item], Antebellum ledger, Sc MG 940, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"This ledger, most likely from the 19th century because of the dates listed, is possibly a city or county government's ledger used to assign personal, land, and property taxes to the members of the surrounding towns and/or communities. Among the \"items\" listed are enslaved people, who are denoted as property and assigned arbitrary values. Two dates can be found in the ledger, 1853 and 1865. The ledger mentions the areas of Polk Mill, Seaford Road, and Concord, and the name \"Morgan\". Items are listed mostly in alphabetical order by last name of free/white adult citizens. In some cases, a citizen is listed, but the only value listed is for \"person\" which could mean that the individual did not own property but was still taxed.", "generated"=>true}

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