Kincaid and Anderson Family Papers [addition]

Three hundred fifty-six manuscripts and two manuscript volumes, 1773-1897 and
undated, added to the South Caroliniana Library's extensive holdings of Kincaid
and Anderson family papers include land documents, 1773-1871, involving Kincaid
family property in Craven County, later known as Fairfield District. The
remainder of the manuscripts relate to Edward Kirkpatrick Anderson (1803-1849),
his wife, Elizabeth Kincaid Anderson (1811-1884), and their son, Thomas Kincaid
Anderson (1843-1903). ....

Slave-related materials present in the collection include bills of sale of
slaves identified by name (1821-1859). A friend wrote Edward Anderson from Cuba
suggesting that "There is now a brisk importation of slaves into this Island
From Africa. The traffic meets with unusual encouragement from the government &
people...within 10 days 1200 slaves have been landed on the Island...a good
African commands $450" (9 February 1836). The 1844 last will and testament of
William Kincaid (1844) lists slaves and notes how they were acquired. And an
1859 inventory of Elizabeth Kincaid's estate includes a list of slaves by
gender. Additionally, a manuscript volume, 1799-1863, identifies family slaves
by name and where purchased. It also includes yearly hire records, cost of
clothes and medicine, and records of the births and deaths of Kincaid slaves. 

Source: http://www.sc.edu/library/socar/uscs/1995/kincd95.html

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