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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00496.254.06 |
| From Archive Folder | Four letters and two other documents regarding William A. Williams |
| Title | William Heyward to William A. Williams regarding making contracts with his former slaves for labor |
| Date | 2 December 1865 |
| Author | Heyward, William Henry (1817-1889) |
| Recipient | Williams, William A. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Heyward, owner of "Clay Hall" plantation in Reconstruction-era South Carolina, discusses going to Charleston to get his pardon, having his land restored by the Bureau of Freedmen, Refugees and Abandoned Lands, and having to make contracts with his former slaves for labor. On that last point, he remarks: "It only remains for me to enter into contract with the Freedmen (formerly my own Negroes) for the ensuing year-- and although it is difficult to adjust this with so ignorant a set of people, I have great hopes of soon effecting this." Prefers providing cash wages to offering part of the crop. Offers condolence on the death of Williams's niece. Comments on transporting furniture and lists several items. On the sixth page is a post script: "If I can only get time to breathe & something done about the Contracts with Freemen this month I hope to go up to Charlotte." |
| Subjects | Freemen Reconstruction Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Pardon Land Transaction Contract Slavery African American History Finance Death |
| People | Heyward, William Henry (1817-1889) Williams, William A. (fl. 1862-1865) |
| Place written | Columbia, South Carolina |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |