Thomas Y. Pass correspondence
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Content Description
January 28, 1857 letter written by Thomas Y. Pass to Alan Womack asking for instructions on what he should do with the enslaved children Womack left at his house. Pass writes that he does not want the children without their mother, and he has had "trouble enough" with them.
Content warning for derogatory language directed towards children enslaved, allusions to child abuse, mentions of buying and selling humans.
Dates
- Creation: January 28, 1857
Creator
- Pass, Thomas Y. (Person)
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (One legal sized folder.)
Language
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired with the assistance of the Nell Richardson Tonkin Fund.
Condition Description
Letter is discolored, and worn along the folds.
- Title
- Guide to Thomas Y. Pass correspondence
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 2023 January
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository