Account of hires of enslaved persons belonging to Apphia Rouzzee for 1812
- Owned by
- Rouzee Family, American
- Date
- 1812-1813
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- L x W: 9 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. (24.8 x 40 cm)
- Caption
- This document is from a collection of financial papers related to the plantation operations of several generations of the Rouzee Family in Essex County, Virginia. The papers date from the 1790s through 1860.
- Description
- This document contains lists of enslaved persons owned by A.B. Rouzee and hired out in Culpeper, Virginia. The list at the top documents the hires for 1812 and the list below it documents the hires for 1813. The lists consist of the name of the enslaved person, the name of the person who hired the enslaved person, and the amount owed A.B. Rouzee for the labor or services provided by the enslaved person. The document consists of single, folded page handwritten in black ink. On the reverse is written "a/c of negro hire 1813."
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcription Available
- Place depicted
- Culpeper County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Place made
- Essex County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Portfolio/Series
- Rouzee Family Papers
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Documents and Manuscripts
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Liljenquist Family
- Object number
- 2011.104.23
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.