Ledger detailing the daily activities of those who were slaves to Michael Reed. Names of those enslaved include Jack, Dan, Ed, Gim/Jim, Johan, Gorge/George, Abe, Little Gim/Jim, Bill, Luce, Bet, Sal, Lizzy/Lizey, Nelee[?], Ike, and Johan. Activities include working with cotton and corn, ginning, herding, clearing, cow hunting, plowing, bailing, "river bank," "house," "sick," chopping, fodder, and "nothing." Also included in what appears to once have been gathered into a booklet are several receipts, a remedy, and a printed document "An Act to Provide an Internal Improvement Fund, and to Commence a System of Internal Improvements by the State."
Network visualization of the Michael Reed Papers in which the nodes represent slaveowners and the edges represent enslaved people who are bought, sold, lent, or traded.
A single leaf from the book Les Oeuvres d’Ambroise... Les Moyens et Artifice d’Adiouster ce qui Default naturellement ou par Accident, or Of the Means to Repair Natural or Accidental Defects.