Partial Abecedarian of Life Insurances Taken Out for Slaves

Adam, steamboat hand for his master Garland Good in Mobile, AL
Amanda, housegirl of Charles Meyer in St. Francis, MO
Augustus, cabin boy to Robert Bell and Monroe Quarrier in Louisville, KY
Bill, mill worker of Richard Bradley in Savannah, GA
Camilla, seamstress of Charless Platt in Augusta, GA
Damon, distillery worker for Benjamin Hallett in Wilmington, NC
Dick, coach maker for De Loache & Wilcosson in Macon, GA
Edmund, blacksmith for Barton Morris in Richmond, VA
Emeline, cook for Sterling Grimes in Columbus, GA
Frank, blacksmith for Jeremiah King in Edisto Island, SC
George, steamboat waiter for Catharine Harper in Lexington, KY
Harry, miner for Nicholas Mills in Chesterfield County, VA
Isabel, washer and ironer for R. Hamilton Owen in Mobile, AL
Jack, wheelwright for William Dewar in Augusta, GA
Kelly, ___ for Frederick Swann in Wilmington, NC
Lilas a.k.a. Silas, farmer, timber gatherer, and fisher for John Hman in Martin County, NC
Martha, ___ for Herman Kenneyworth in Wilcox, AL
Nearest, ___ for John W. Collins in Spotsylvania, VA
Ovid, ___ for John Wooster in Wilmington, NC
Pleasant, blacksmith for Higginson Hancock in Chesterfield County, VA
Rebecca, ___ for Lewis C. Robards in Fayette, KY
Sampson, penman in stream sawmill for W. Lord in Wilmington, NC
Theodore, ___ for John J. Bruce in Fayette, KY
Vincent, fireman for William Hancock in Henderson County, KY
Washington, mason apprentice for James Millman in Wilmington, NC
Zach, fireman for Monroe Quarrier in Louisville, KY

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