Robert Ruffin Barrow papers, 1857-1858, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana.

Robert Ruffin Barrow papers, 1857-1858, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana.

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Barrow, Robert Ruffin, 1798-1875.
Imprint:	Frederick, Md. : University Publications of America, c1990.
Description:	1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
Language:	English
Series:	Records of ante-bellum southern plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. Series J, Selections from the Southern Historical Collection, Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Part 5, Louisiana ; reel 2
Subject:	Barrow, Robert Ruffin, -- 1798-1875 -- Archives. Knowlton, Ephraim A., -- active 1857-1858 -- Correspondence. Plantation owners -- Louisiana -- Terrebonne Parish -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. Plantation life -- Louisiana -- Terrebonne Parish -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. Sugar growing -- Louisiana -- Terrebonne Parish -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. Slave records -- Louisiana -- Terrebonne Parish -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. Residence Plantation (La.) Louisiana -- History -- 1803-1865 -- Sources.
Format:	Microform
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4937222

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Other authors / contributors:	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Notes:	Title from reel guide. Accompanied by a printed reel guide.
Summary:	Robert Ruffin Barrow was a sugar planter and canal operator in Terrebonne Parish, La. He owned six Terrebonne Parish plantations including Residence, Myrtle Grove, Caillou Grove, Honduras, Crescent Farm and Point Farm. This collection consists of a plantation journal kept by Residence Plantation manager, Ephraim A. Knowlton and several overseers. The journal contains slave records, details of sugar production, records of daily operations, and reports of conflicts between slaves and overseers, between Barrow and his overseers, as well as reports of fugitive slaves.

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Item Description:	Title from reel guide. Accompanied by a printed reel guide.
Physical Description:	1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.