SANKOFA'S SLAVERY DATA COLLECTION
Burleigh Plantation
Location: Hinds Co., MS
Founded: ----
History: Purchased ca. 1834 by Thomas Smith Gregory Dabney, of Virginia, in order to provide the ability of keep his slave families together. Apparently sold and dissolved ca 1880.
Associated Surnames: Dabney
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1860: Slaves of Thomas S.G. Dabney
Information submitted by John Garst, [email protected]
- 1860 census: lists 154 slaves.
- In Smedes (Smedes, Susan Dabney. Memorials of a Southern Planter. Baltimore: Cushings & Bailey, 1887.), a few are mentioned by name.
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