Slaveowners and Employers, Augusta County, 1860

A wide variety of employers rented slaves from slaveowners, including railroad corporations, individuals, estates, and women.

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U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census [1860]. Population of the United States in 1860, Compiled from the Original Returns of the Eighth Census. Washington, D.C., 1864. U.S. Census of Population, 1860. Augusta County, Virginia and Franklin County, Pennsylvania. In U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington: National Archives and Records Administration (Augusta: Reels 1333 and 1387. Franklin: Reels 1111 and 1112).

Edward L. Ayers and William G. Thomas, III
Slaveowners and Employers, Augusta County, 1860
2001

"Enslaved people were hired out to non-slaveholding farmers, railroad companies, and other businesses."