Tax Ledger of White Enslavers
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Ledger (account book)
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Tax Ledger of White Enslavers
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Evidence of the extended practice of enslaving people in Delaware in the early nineteenth century.
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This tax ledger book estimated the value of property in order to levy taxes. In early-19th-century Delaware, enslaved people were lumped together as household "property" along with livestock, land, and material possessions.
The assessment of taxable property for Mason Abbott records the following entry: "1 Negro man, aged 30 $150." This human "property" appears before entries for livestock.
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ca. 1815
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1800s
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Cedar Creek, Sussex County, Delaware
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Slave labor
Slave records
Slaveholders
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112 pages
Physical dimensions: 12.75"H x 7.75"W.
Digital dimensions: 1468.17px.H. x 925px. W
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Paper, ink
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Cornell University Library, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
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