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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09302.09 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Woodson Johnson |
| Title | Rawley Johnson to father and family |
| Date | 11 February 1853 |
| Author | Johnson, Rawley (fl. 1827-1853) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Says he will be home soon and is shipping a lot of tobacco to Newbury... |
| Subjects | Slavery African American History Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Finance Children and Family Merchants and Trade |
| People | Johnson, Woodson (fl. 1820-1864) |
| Place written | Columbia, South Carolina |
| Theme | Agriculture; Merchants & Commerce; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | The Woodson Johnson collection contains dozens of letters, and slave bills of sale from tobacco planter and slave dealer in Pittsylvania Co., Va., and Rockingham Co., N.C. Archive includes: Johnson's ledger book from the 1850s, recording debts for various plantation items as well as household goods, sales of tobacco and brandy, and dozens of entries re hiring of negro slaves, expenses, recording labor usage, etc. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |