SANKOFA'S SLAVERY DATA COLLECTION

(Qualls) Tolliver's Plantation

Location: Fifteen miles from Hazelhurst, Copiah Co., MS
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Associated Surnames: Beasley, Tolliver

Associated Plantation: Reed Plantation (Chicot Co., AR)

Associated Free White Names

• Qualls Tolliver: owner of Tolliver's Plantation
  • wife 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). See Reed Plantation.
  • son Peach (Peachy) Tolliver: son of Qualls and Susan Chatman Tolliver; fought and died in the Civil War
• Kurt Johnson: overseer
• Mack McKenzie: overseer
• Phil Womack: overseer

Associated Black Slave Names

1849 - 1855: Slaves of Tolliver's 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 and later willed to Peach
• 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 by Susan Reed

Agriculture

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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.