SANKOFA'S SLAVERY DATA COLLECTION

Prospect Hill Plantation

Location: Prospect Hill, Louisa Co., VA
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Associated surnames: Overton

Associated Free White Names

• William Overton

Associated Black Slave Names

1835 Slaves of William Overton
From Overton Family Papers

• Katy: sold to Mr. Overton July 1835

Agriculture

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Description of Associated Architecture

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Research Leads

• Overton Family Papers (ca. 7,000 items), ca. 1740-1935: http://www.upress.virginia.edu/plunkett/PluAfro16.html Legal, business, and personal papers of this family of Prospect Hill, Louisa County. The early plantation records contain slavery material, such as a July 1835 sale of a slave, Katy, to Mr. Overton and an 1837 deed of sale of a slave to William Overton. (Acc. 8929)

RESOURCES

• James River Plantations: Berkeley Plantation (online) http://www.jamesriverplantations.org/Berkeley.html