Guide to the O.A. Luckett Letters MSS.1950
Luckett, O.A.
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
2007
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
- Creation:
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- Language Usage:
English
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O.A. Luckett Letters
- Unit ID:
MSS.1950
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (3 letters, 3 pages; 3 transcripts, 5 pages)
- Dates:
1865
- Abstract:
Written just months after the war ended by O.A. Luckett of Canton, Mississippi, these letters provide a glimpse into a former slave owner's post-war viewpoint. Luckett said "we are all ruined" and refered to this period as "dark and troublesome times."
Scope and Contents note
This collection consists of three letters (and transcripts), written by O.A. Luckett, just months after the war ended. The letters provide a glimpse into a former slave owner's post-war viewpoint. Luckett said "we are all ruined" and refers to this period as "dark and troublesome times," and that he wanted to move to another part of the world. Luckett suggested that his former slaves could come back to work for him and offered specific wage considerations. He also asked about his mule and wagon stating that they were now worth more than his former slaves.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Faith White and Donnelly Lancaster Walton, 2007
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation
O.A. Luckett Letters, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
gift of Wade Hall, 2005
Biographical/Historical note
According to the U.S. Census records, O.A. Luckett was born in Georgia in 1821. He later practiced law and farmed in Canton, Madison County, Mississippi.
Letters Box SC0001 Folder 1950.1
Letter from O. A. Luckett, Canton, Mississippi, to George H. Thompson, Alabama, June 29, 1865 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/20603
Letter from O. A. Luckett, Canton, Mississippi, to George Harper, Esquire, Alabama, September 13, 1865 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/20604
Letter from O. A. Luckett, Canton, Mississippi, to George H. Thompson, Alabama, September 13, 1865 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/20605