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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04501.086 |
| From Archive Folder | Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves |
| Title | Atticus Slaughter to Tobias Gibson regarding his wife and plantation business |
| Date | 15 August 1858 |
| Author | Slaughter, Atticus (ca. 1830-1860) |
| Recipient | Gibson, Tobias |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | He writes about his wife Virginia and plantation business. |
| Subjects | Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Women's History Marriage Slavery |
| People | Slaughter, Atticus (ca. 1830-1860) Gibson, Tobias (fl. 1842-1865) |
| Place written | Spring Banks, Arkansas |
| Theme | Agriculture; Slavery & Abolition; African Americans; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Tobias Gibson was a plantation owner and owned four estates: Greenwood, Magnolia, Hollywood, and Live Oak. He resided primarily in Lexington, Kentucky, but was one of the wealthiest cotton and sugar planters of the Mississippi Valley. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |