Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Guide to the William Galt Papers
1827-1838
Cage 1878
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
- Creator
- Galt, William
- Title
- William Galt Papers
- ID
- Cage 1878
- Date [inclusive]
- 1827-1838
- Extent
- 0.01 Linear feet of shelf space, 1 Folder
- Language
- Collection materials are in English.
- Abstract
- Manuscript with rules for enforcing Black enslavement on a Virginia plantation, farming activities, and accounts, 1827-1838.
Preferred Citation
[Item description]
William Galt Papers, 1827-1838 (Cage 1878)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Biography/History
White colonists practiced enslavement in the American colonies, and later the United States of America, from approximately 1619 until passage of the 13th Amendment in 1865. These colonists participated in the Atlantic slave trade of people predominantly from central and western parts of Africa, although colonists also enslaved Indigenous peoples in the Americas. Enslavement involved dehumanization, withholding of civil rights, forced labor, torture, rape, murder, forced separation of families and other violence.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of a manuscript copy of William Galt’s farming activities and business accounts at Fluvanna County, Virginia. It also includes John Hartwell Cocke’s directions for enforcing Black enslavement on plantations.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2022
https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/
Terrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA
509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open and available for research use.
Restrictions on Use
Copyright restrictions may apply.
Acquisition Information
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections does not have information regarding acquisition of this item.
Processing Information
In response to evolving standards regarding the language used to describe enslavement, Gayle O’Hara revised the collection description in 2022.
Original Location
Originals at: Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, VA. (Viht Mss 5:lg1397:1)
Names and Subjects
Personal Name(s)
Subject(s) :
- Galt, William -- Archives
Subject(s)
- Enslavement -- Virginia
- Plantations -- Virginia
- Civil Rights