Description:

Spring Plantation.
Estimate of Negroes and Stock now on Spring Plantation; purchased and put on since Mr Elbridge’s decease.

The language used to describe people of African descent in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries is unacceptable in today’s terms. We cannot avoid using this language in its original context. To change the words would impose 20th century attitudes on history.

Date: unknown

Copyright: Copyright BCC Record Office

Object ID:AC/WO 16 (23) b ii