| Summary: | George Jones Kollock (1810-1894) of Savannah, Ossabaw Island, and Clarkesville, Georgia, was a lawyer and cotton planter. The collection consists entirely of plantation journals for his three plantations, Retreat, Rosedew and Ossabaw Island, with most of the journals devoted to Ossabaw Island. The journals contain detailed information on plantation management, overseers and slave labor. Kollock planted Sea Island cotton and corn. The journals also provide a record of the lives of slaves on Kollock's plantations, including mortality and morbidity records as well as daily work routines.
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