Darden, John P.; Rice, A. B. J.; African-Americans--Mississippi--Claiborne County.; Slaves--Mississippi--Claiborne County--Bills of sale.; Claiborne County (Miss.)--History.
Bill of sale from A.B.J. Rice to John P. Darden for 3 slaves named Dennis (age 20), Lewis (age 13), and Susan (age 14). Transaction took place in Port Gibson, Mississippi.
Darden, John P.; Browning, Wm H.; Port Gibson (Miss.)--History.; African-Americans--Mississippi--Claiborne County.; Slaves--Mississippi--Claiborne County--Bills of sale.
Bill of sale from William H. Browning to John P. Darden for five slaves: Ruben, William, Henry, Fanny, and Jane. Transaction took place in Gibson, Mississippi.
Darden, John P.; Leatherman & Morgan (Firm: Vidalia, La.); African-Americans--Louisiana--Concordia Parish.; Slaves--Louisiana--Concordia Parish--Bills of sale.; Scales, Noah.; Vidalia (La.)--History.
Bill of sale from Leatherman & Morgan to John P. Darden for a slave woman named Jane. Transaction took place in Vidalia, Louisiana and was witnessed by R.C. Cawley and Noah Leavs.
Darden, John P.; Redmond, Thos. J.; African-Aemericans--Mississippi--Claiborne County.; Slavs--Mississippi--Claiborne County--Bills of sale.; Port Gibson (Miss.)--History.
Bill of sale from Thos. J. Redmond to John P. Darden for a slave woman named Rachael, aged 20. Transaction took place in Port Gibson, Mississippi.
Business; Feemster family; Gaston family; Sewing; Fabric; Clothing and dress; Poetry; Civil war; United States; Oaths; Race relations; African-Americans; Tennessee; Courtship; Lowndes County (Miss.); Stainback, George Tucker, 1829-1902; Feemster,...
Letter, Loulie Feemster, Bigbee Bottom, Mississippi, to her husband, Alex W. Feemster, in Selma, Alabama, opening with news of church and business. She lists the fabrics she bought for clothes and includes a humorous limerick about wives spending...
"The Columbia Type B gramophone was known as the Eagle because it cost $10. The $10 gold piece was known at the time as the Eagle, so the phonograph acquired the same name. This machine has a nickel plated horn, key wind with open motor and...
Dredging spoil--Mississippi--Photographs.; Dredging spoil--Mississippi Sound--Photographs.; Estuaries--Mississippi--Photographs.; Port of Gulfport (Gulfport, Miss.)--Photographs.; Dixie Guide (Newspaper: Gulfport, Miss.)
Dredging used to create shipping channels and land for the Port of Gulfport, later to become the Gulfport State Port Authority, and today the Mississippi State Port Authority.
Lincoln Co. (Miss.) ; Ferguson, Merrill--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Merrill Ferguson family farm; multiple views. Farm of 209 acres 11 miles west of Brookhaven. Lincoln Co. agent James H. Price assisted with selection of farm family.
