Account book of Silas Casey, merchant and farmer, East Greenwich, R.I.

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This account book contains harmful language including racist terminology.

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This account book documents Silas Casey's farm accounts, including payments for weaving, farm labor, tanning, leasing of livestock, and foodstuffs, and it includes memoranda, which are chiefly dates and wages for farm laborers. This account book includes information that documents both the presence of free African American people working at Silas Casey's farm and aspects of their lives outside of their work.