Essex Barnes on Welaunee Plantation
Item
Title
Essex Barnes on Welaunee Plantation
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Type
Image
Date
1940
Description
A picture of Essex Barnes on the Welaunee Plantation from the 1940s. He and his wife, Mary Essex, lived, worked, and raised their family on the Welaunee Plantation. They lived in the old home place headed by Oliver Barnes until the late 1940s when they bought property across Miccosukee Highway and became independent farmers.
Genre
Photographs
Place
Tallahassee (Fla.)
Physical Description
1 item
Identifier
JGRCMA-FC-B042A-F007-I005
Topics
African American families
African American extended families
Plantations
Leon County (Fla.)
African American farmers
Physical Location
Families Collection, John G. Riley House Archives, Tallahassee Community College Library, Tallahassee, Florida.