Overview
Location
Montgomery Co., TN
Date Constructed/ Founded
not determined
Associated Surnames
Baxter, Brawley, Hicks
Historical notes
Robert Baxter and William Hicks were co-owners of a local ironworks in Montgomery Co. TN. It was the custom of a number of Montgomery Co. slave owners to hire out slaves to work there. The practice of hiring out was an alternative means of profiting from slave labor. Able-bodied and skilled slaves were sent to another place to work, while the slave owner would receive their wages. In essence, human property was not only bought, sold, and traded, but also "rented."
Associated Slave Workplaces
none
Associated Free Persons
- Robert Baxter - owner
- William Hicks - owner
- C.W. Brawley - manager
Associated Enslaved Persons
1835 Slaves of William Pope, hired out to work at Baxter & Hicks Ironworks
From "Runaway Slaves: Rebels on the Plantation" by John H. Franklin and Loren Schweniger, 1999
- Dave - runaway slave, plus three others
Research Leads and Plantation Records
Miscellaneous Information
References
- Franklin, John H. and Schweninger, Loren. Runaway Slaves: Rebels on the Plantation. Oxford University Press. 1999.
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