Slaverry Era Insurance Registry

SLAVERY ERA INSURANCE REGISTRY

Reference: California Department of Insurance

In August 2000 the California legislature found that

"Insurance policies from the slavery era have been discovered in the archives of several insurance companies, documenting insurance coverage for slaveholders for damage to or death of their slaves, issued by a predecessor insurance firm. These documents provide the first evidence of ill-gotten profits from slavery, which profits in part capitalized insurers whose successors remain in existence today." SB2199 Sec. 1(a).

Governor Davis signed the bill into law in September 2000. The statute took effect January 1, 2001. California Code of Regulations, Title 10, Sections 2393 - 2398 implement the statute.

§13810 The Commissioner shall request and obtain information from insurers licensed and doing business in this state regarding any records of slaveholder insurance policies issued by any predecessor corporation during the slavery era.

§13811 The Commissioner shall obtain the names of any slaveholders or slaves described in those insurance records, and shall make the information available to the public and the Legislature.

§13812 Each insurer licensed and doing business in this state shall research and report to the Commissioner with respect to any records within the insurer's possession or knowledge relating to insurance policies issued to slaveholders that provided converage for damage to or death or their slaves.

§13813 Descendants of slaves, whose ancestors were defined as private property, dehumanized, divided from their families, forced to perform labor without appropriate compensation or benefits, and whose ancestors' owners were compensated for damages by insurers, are entitled to full disclosure.

Below is information received from insurers in response to this statute in the form of a database of slave and slaveholder names and identifying information. This excerpt includes only Georgia insured.

Slaveholder Last, First Name	County (or Parish), State	Slave Name	County (or Parish), State	Other Identifying Information	Submitted By
Adams Hopkins & Co.,	Augusta, GA	Edmund	Same	Waiter Policy Number(s): 1395	New York Life Insurance Company
Adams, George	Savannah, GA	Sarah	Same	House servant Policy Number(s): 590	New York Life Insurance Company
Adams, John	Augusta, GA	Jacob	Same	in printing office Policy Number(s): 388	New York Life Insurance Company
Adams, Patrick	Columbus, GA	Sam	Same	Mason Policy Number(s): 830	New York Life Insurance Company

Bradley, Richard	Savannah, GA	Jim Howard	Same	Carpenter Policy Number(s): 1862	New York Life Insurance Company
Bradley, Richard	Savannah, GA	Albert	Same	Labourer Policy Number(s): 1982	New York Life Insurance Company
Bradley, Richard (Savannah, GA) and Giles, William Burke (Wilmington, NC)	Savannah, GA, and Wilmington, NC	Jim Dudley	Savannah, GA	Labourer Policy Number(s): 1981	New York Life Insurance Company
Bradley, Richard (Savannah, GA) and Giles, William Burke (Wilmington, NC)	Savannah, GA, and Wilmington, NC	Bill Hyman	Wilmington, NC	Laborer Policy Number(s): 286 (960)	New York Life Insurance Company
Bradley, Richard (Savannah, GA) and Giles, William Burke (Wilmington, NC)	Savannah, GA, and Wilmington, NC	Ned Martin	Wilmington, NC	Cook Policy Number(s): 285 (957, 1816)	New York Life Insurance Company
Bradley, Richard (Savannah, GA) and Giles, William Burke (Wilmington, NC)	Savannah, GA, and Wilmington, NC	Hardy	Wilmington, NC	Laborer Policy Number(s): 284 (955)	New York Life Insurance Company
Bradley, Richard (Savannah, GA) and Giles, William Burke (Wilmington, NC)	Savannah, GA, and Wilmington, NC	Andrew	Wilmington, NC	Laborer in mill and distillery Policy Number(s): 1148 (1847)	New York Life Insurance Company
Bradley, Richard (Savannah, GA) and Giles, William Burke (Wilmington, NC)	Savannah, GA, and Wilmington, NC	Alleck a/k/a Aleck, Alexander a/k/a Burr	Wilmington, NC	Employed in a mill Policy Number(s): 1149 (1850)	New York Life Insurance Company
Bradley, Richard (Savannah, GA) and Giles, William Burke (Wilmington, NC)	Savannah, GA, and Wilmington, NC	Anthony	Wilmington, NC	At a saw mill Policy Number(s): 1150	New York Life Insurance Company
Bradley, Richard (Savannah, GA) and Giles, William Burke (Wilmington, NC)	Savannah, GA, and Wilmington, NC	Peter	Wilmington, NC	Employed at a mill Policy Number(s): 1151 (1849)	New York Life Insurance Company
Bradley, Richard (Savannah, GA) and Giles, William Burke (Wilmington, NC)	Savannah, GA, and Wilmington, NC	Bill	Wilmington, NC	Laborer at mill Policy Number(s): 1152 (1848)	New York Life Insurance Company

De Loache & Wilcosson,	Macon, GA	Dick	Same	Coach maker Policy Number(s): 1066	New York Life Insurance Company
De Loache & Wilcosson,	Macon, GA	Sandford	Same	Apprentice to smith Policy Number(s): 1202	New York Life Insurance Company

Gardelle, Adolphus

Augusta, GA

Harriett

Same

Merchant Policy Number(s): 486

New York Life Insurance Company

Garmany, George	Hamburg, GA	Joe	NOT LISTED,	The Parrott Plantation, 3 ½ miles from Hamburg, Field work Policy Number(s): 583	New York Life Insurance Company
Georgia Insurance & Trust Company re Insurance,	Augusta, GA	Sam	Same	Carriage painter Policy Number(s): 268	New York Life Insurance Company
Georgia Insurance & Trust Company re Insurance,	Augusta, GA	Alick	Savannah, GA	Waiter Policy Number(s): 268	New York Life Insurance Company
Georgia Insurance & Trust Company re Insurance,	Augusta, GA	Jack	Same	Wheelwright Policy Number(s): 268	New York Life Insurance Company
Georgia Insurance & Trust Company re Insurance,	Augusta, GA	Apollo	Charleston, SC	Laborer Policy Number(s): 268	New York Life Insurance Company
Georgia Insurance & Trust Company re Insurance,	Augusta, GA	Tartan	Charleston, SC	Carpenter Policy Number(s): 268	New York Life Insurance Company
Georgia Insurance & Trust Company re Insurance,	Augusta, GA	Lettia	Charleston, SC	House servant Policy Number(s): 268	New York Life Insurance Company
Georgia Insurance & Trust Company re Insurance,	Augusta, GA	Phyllis	Charleston, SC	House servant Policy Number(s): 268	New York Life Insurance Company
Georgia Insurance & Trust Company re Insurance,	Augusta, GA	Adelandi a/k/a Adelaide	Charleston, SC	Mantua maker Policy Number(s): 268	New York Life Insurance Company
Georgia Insurance & Trust Company re Insurance,	Augusta, GA	Ron a/k/a Rose	Charleston, SC	House servant Policy Number(s): 268	New York Life Insurance Company
Georgia Insurance & Trust Company re Insurance,	Augusta, GA	Sam	Charleston, SC	Laborer Policy Number(s): 268	New York Life Insurance Company

Grimes, Sterling

Columbus, GA

Emeline

Same

Cook Policy Number(s): 1567

New York Life Insurance Company

Haviland, Risley & Co.,

Augusta, GA

Jack

Same

Hand on a steam boat Policy Number(s): 1142

New York Life Insurance Company

Hopkins, Thomas	Augusta, GA	Charles	Same	Moulder Policy Number(s): 1525	New York Life Insurance Company
Hopkins, Thomas	Augusta, GA	Edmund	Same	Moulder Policy Number(s): 1526	New York Life Insurance Company
Hopkins, Thomas	Augusta, GA	Reuben	Same	Moulder Policy Number(s): 1527	New York Life Insurance Company

ILLEGIBLE, Thomas

Savannah, GA

Perry

Same

Laborer aboard steamboat Policy Number(s): 393

New York Life Insurance Company

Kent, Jesse	Augusta, GA	Susan	Same	House servant Policy Number(s): 837	New York Life Insurance Company
Kent, Jesse	Augusta, GA	Sellah	Same	House servant Policy Number(s): 838	New York Life Insurance Company
Kent, Jesse	Augusta, GA	Hester	Same	House servant Policy Number(s): 846	New York Life Insurance Company
Kent; John B. Murphy for, John	Augusta, GA	Hester	Same	NOT LISTED Policy Number(s): 586	New York Life Insurance Company

Moderwell, Martha

Augusta, GA

George

Same

Servant in grocery Policy Number(s): 644

New York Life Insurance Company

Oliver, Stephen	Augusta, GA	Robert	Same	Stove Boy Policy Number(s): 442 (1167)	New York Life Insurance Company
Oliver, Stephen	Augusta, GA	Eliza	Same	slave Policy Number(s): 487 (1168)	New York Life Insurance Company

Platt, Charles	Augusta, GA	James	Same	House servant Policy Number(s): 1123	New York Life Insurance Company
Platt, Charles	Augusta, GA	Camilla	Same	Seamstress Policy Number(s): 1124	New York Life Insurance Company
Platt, Charles	Augusta, GA	William	Same	In furniture store Policy Number(s): 1125 (1913)	New York Life Insurance Company
Platt, Charles	Augusta, GA	Cecilia	Same	Servant Policy Number(s): 1350	New York Life Insurance Company

Savage, William

Augusta, GA

Joseph

Same

Barber Policy Number(s): 1075

New York Life Insurance Company

Sistrunk, Jacob

Augusta, GA

Richard or Dick Sistrunk

Same

NOT LISTED Policy Number(s): 261

New York Life Insurance Company

Summers, George

Augusta, GA

Elliott

Same

Gunsmith Policy Number(s): 622 (1401)

New York Life Insurance Company

Thompson, Joseph

Savannah, GA

Jim

Same

Carpenter Policy Number(s): 513

New York Life Insurance Company

Walker, G

Hamburg, GA

Robert

Same

No particular occupation Policy Number(s): 1349

New York Life Insurance Company