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Title
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Wilkes Family Papers
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Creator
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Wilkes, John, 1827-1908
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Date Created
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1858-11-13, 1865-01-29
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Subjects--Topical
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Slave bills of sale, Slave trade, Slavery
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Description
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Papers of a family that settled in Charlotte in the 1850s. Contains extensive records involving the purchase and operations of gold mines, mills, and other businesses owned by the family and by their Renwick and Smedberg relations in North Carolin...
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Wilkes, John--Records of enslaved persons
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Creator
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Wilkes, John, 1827-1908
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Date Created
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1858-11-13, 1865-01-29
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Subjects--Topical
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Slave bills of sale, Slave trade, Slavery, Enslaved persons, Plantation owners, Slaveholders, Enslavers, Enslavement
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Description
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Primaily includes bills-of-sale for enslaved individuals bought or sold by John Wilkes. Names of enslaved men, women, and children include Jack, Zeno, Alice, Lucy, Jeff, Antony, Phillis, Alfred, Annis, Leander, Mahalah, Harriet, Henry, Murray, and...
