SANKOFA'S PLANTATION DATABASE

Reed Plantation

Location: Chicot Co., AR
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Associated Surnames: Beasley, Phipps, Reed, Tolliver

Associated Plantations: (Qualls) Tolliver Plantation (Copiah Co., MS)

Associated Free White Names

• Susan Chatman Tolliver Reed: mother of Peach Tolliver; first married Qualls Tolliver; after his death, she married Mr. Reed and moved to Chicot Co., Arkansas (ca. 1855-1858)
  • husband-2 Mr. Reed: owner
  • son Peach (Peachy) Tolliver: son of Qualls and Susan Chatman Tolliver; fought and died in the Civil War
• Tom Phipps: overseer

Associated Free Black Names

• Martha Ann Phipps: daughter of Tom Phipps (white overseer) and a black woman; Lucretia Alexander's narrative does not specify her as slave or free

Associated Black Slave Names

1855 - 1865: Slaves of Reed Plantation
From Voices From Slavery: Lucretia Alexander interview, edited by Norman R. Yetman
Note: Lucretia mentions several descendants in her narrative. See source for details.

• John Beasley: b. 1775-1781, d. 1881; native of Virginia; sold five times for rebellious behavior against his masters and ended up in Claiborne Co., MS; finally purchased by Susan Reed ($1500.00) under the condition that Agnes come to Arkansas with her (ca. 1855)
  • wife Agnes Tolliver: b. 1792-1794 in Washington Co., VA, d. 8/09/1865 in Copiah Co., MS; daughter of Washington (a free Indian man) and a slave woman; owned by Qualls Tolliver, then Peach Tolliver, then Susan Reed
• son (?): Lucretia Tolliver states that her mother Agnes had a boy older than she
• daughter (?): Lucretia Tolliver states that her mother Agnes had a girl older than she
• daughter Lucretia Tolliver: b. 1849 in Copiah Co., MS; owned by Peach Tolliver, then Susan Reed

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Other People Researching This Plantation

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RESOURCES

• Voices From Slavery: 100 Authentic Slave Narratives. Edited by Yetman, Norman R. pp 11-14.