1850, Unnamed, Mention
- Title
- 1850, Unnamed, Mention
- Description
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Colonel John Billups and his sons were recorded to owned many enslaved persons on his plantation.
Partial Transcript: "Col. Billups was a typical planter of the old regime. He owned a large and fertile plantation and many negroes, made lots of money, spent what he wanted and saved some... he lived in affluence; his boys had horses and negroes, his daughters all they desired." - Event Type
- Mention
- Action Status
- Completed
- Date
- 1850
- Date Certainty
- Questionable
- Location
- Athens-Clarke County, Georgia
- Freedom Status
- Enslaved
- Enslaver
- Colonel John Billups
- Author
- Augustus Longstreet Hull
- Source Resource
- http://onthesegroundsuga.digilabuga.org/api/items/695
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