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Preferred Citation
Slave Letter, 1864. Accession 26903, Personal Papers Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Acquisition Information
Lent for copying by Lillian C. Bolton, 15 May 1968.
Biographical/Historical Information
The plantation in this letter was most likely Refuge Plantation in Camden County, Georgia.
Scope and Content Information
Letter, dated 6 November 1864, from a slave named Sipe to his master, regarding the care of the plantation while the family was gone, forgaging by the Union soldiers, and Sipe's attempts to protect the property.