Blackmon, Homer
Description
Letters from J. A. Dunn, overseer of Blackmon's plantation near Point Jefferson, Louisiana, about the building of a cotton gin, illness among the slaves, Civil War refugee life at Walnut Hill, Arkansas, and the behavior of slaves under French occupation.Record Contributed By
Duke UniversityRecord Harvested From
North Carolina Digital Heritage CenterKeywords
- Arkansas
- Blackmon, Homer
- Civil War
- Civil War, 1861 1865
- History
- Louisiana
- Slaver
- Slavery
- United States
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