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Slave Letter, 1864. Accession 26903, Personal Papers Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Lent for copying by Lillian C. Bolton, 15 May 1968.
The plantation in this letter was most likely Refuge Plantation in Camden County, Georgia.
Letter, dated 6 November 1864, from a slave named Sipe to his master, regarding the care of the plantation while the family was gone, forgaging by the Union soldiers, and Sipe's attempts to protect the property.