Slavery -- United States -- History -- Sources
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Henry A. Walke naval ledger and list of contrabands received on board the USS Lafayette
Item — Box Harris multi collection box: [Barcode: 31116021976458]
Identifier: 007-02-02
Scope and Contents
This volume includes three sections including cash notations by Captain Walke from 1859-1869 related to various naval expenses, a list of contrabands received on board U.S. Gunboat Layfayette under Captain Henry Walke from May 3, 1863-June 29, 1863, and several diary entries by Francis Edward Walke from August 25, 1875-Oct 5 [1875]. The bulk of the volume, and the most historically significant portion of the ledger, documents almost 900 enslaved people from Louisiana and...
Dates:
1859 - 1875; Majority of material found within 1836-05-03 - 1863-06-29