The Slaves of Luther Morgan Clements

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States
Surnames/tags: Slavery black heritage Clements

Contents 1 Slaves of Luther Morgan Clements 1.1 1850 Slave Schedule 1.2 1860 Slave Schedule 1.3 Anna (Clemens) Baker's WPA Former Slave Narrative 2 Sources

Slaves of Luther Morgan Clements

1850 Slave Schedule

Luther Morgan Clements owned 36 slaves in District 1, Tuscaloosa, AL^[1]

Slave Owner Name	Age	YOB	Gender	Race
L Morgan Clements	42	1808	Male	Black
L Morgan Clements	32	1818	Female	Black
L Morgan Clements	8	1842	Male	Black
L Morgan Clements	7	1843	Female	Black
L Morgan Clements	6	1844	Male	Black
L Morgan Clements	4	1846	Male	Black
L Morgan Clements	1	1849	Female	Black
L Morgan Clements	22	1828	Female	Black
L Morgan Clements	41	1809	Female	Black
L Morgan Clements	14	1836	Male	Black
L Morgan Clements	16	1834	Male	Black
L Morgan Clements	19	1831	Male	Black
L Morgan Clements	26	1824	Male	Black
L Morgan Clements	20	1830	Female	Black
L Morgan Clements	3	1847	Female	Black
L Morgan Clements	2	1848	Female	Black
L Morgan Clements	28	1822	Male	Black
L Morgan Clements	22	1828	Female	Black
L Morgan Clements	6	1844	Male	Black
L Morgan Clements	4	1846	Female	Black
L Morgan Clements	2	1848	Male	Black
L Morgan Clements	28	1822	Male	Black
L Morgan Clements	52	1798	Male	Black
L Morgan Clements	20	1830	Male	Black
L Morgan Clements	19	1831	Female	Black
L Morgan Clements	3	1847	Female	Black
L Morgan Clements	22	1828	Male	Black
L Morgan Clements	19	1831	Female	Black
L Morgan Clements	2	1848	Male	Black
L Morgan Clements	20	1830	Male	Black
L Morgan Clements	18	1832	Male	Black
L Morgan Clements	21	1829	Male	Black
L Morgan Clements	18	1832	Female	Black
L Morgan Clements	8/12	1850	Male	Black
L Morgan Clements	21	1829	Male	Black
L Morgan Clements	12	1838	Male	Black

1860 Slave Schedule

L M Clements owned 80 slaves in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.^[2]

Slave Owner Name	Age	YOB	Gender	Race
L M Clements	34	1826	Male	Black
L M Clements	24	1836	Male	Black
L M Clements	44	1816	Male	Black
L M Clements	25	1835	Male	Black
L M Clements	28	1832	Male	Black
L M Clements	29	1831	Female	Black
L M Clements	25	1835	Female	Black
L M Clements	35	1825	Female	Black
L M Clements	32	1828	Male	Black
L M Clements	30	1830	Male	Black
L M Clements	45	1815	Female	Black
L M Clements	21	1839	Female	Black
L M Clements	32	1828	Male	Black
L M Clements	28	1832	Female	Black
L M Clements	32	1828	Male	Black
L M Clements	24	1836	Male	Black
L M Clements	24	1836	Male	Black
L M Clements	22	1838	Male	Black
L M Clements	30	1830	Male	Black
L M Clements	26	1834	Female	Black
L M Clements	16	1844	Male	Black
L M Clements	17	1843	Male	Black
L M Clements	23	1837	Female	Black
L M Clements	29	1831	Female	Black
L M Clements	17	1843	Female	Black
L M Clements	16	1844	Female	Black
L M Clements	21	1839	Female	Black
L M Clements	17	1843	Female	Black
L M Clements	15	1845	Male	Black
L M Clements	17	1843	Male	Black
L M Clements	15	1845	Male	Black
L M Clements	30	1830	Male	Black
L M Clements	25	1835	Female	Black
L M Clements	40	1820	Male	Black
L M Clements	35	1825	Female	Black
L M Clements	15	1845	Female	Black
L M Clements	14	1846	Male	Black
L M Clements	35	1825	Female	Black
L M Clements	23	1837	Male	Black
L M Clements	20	1840	Female	Black
L M Clements	18	1842	Male	Black
L M Clements	17	1843	Male	Black
L M Clements	17	1843	Male	Black
L M Clements	16	1844	Male	Black
L M Clements	16	1844	Male	Black
L M Clements	13	1847	Male	Black
L M Clements	7	1853	Male	Black
L M Clements	13	1847	Female	Black
L M Clements	11	1849	Female	Black
L M Clements	9	1851	Female	Black
L M Clements	6	1854	Female	Black
L M Clements	8	1852	Female	Black
L M Clements	7	1853	Male	Black
L M Clements	12	1848	Male	Black
L M Clements	12	1848	Female	Black
L M Clements	10	1850	Male	Black
L M Clements	10	1850	Female	Black
L M Clements	9	1851	Male	Black
L M Clements	9	1851	Male	Black
L M Clements	8	1852	Female	Black
L M Clements	8	1852	Male	Black
L M Clements	8	1852	Male	Black
L M Clements	6	1854	Female	Black
L M Clements	6	1854	Female	Black
L M Clements	5	1855	Male	Black
L M Clements	5	1855	Male	Black
L M Clements	5	1855	Male	Black
L M Clements	6	1854	Male	Black
L M Clements	4	1856	Female	Black
L M Clements	3	1857	Male	Black
L M Clements	3	1857	Female	Black
L M Clements	2	1858	Female	Black
L M Clements	2	1858	Male	Black
L M Clements	1	1859	Female	Black
L M Clements	1	1859	Female	Black
L M Clements	1	1859	Male	Black
L M Clements	1	1859	Male	Black
L M Clements	11mo	1859	Female	Black
L M Clements	1	1859	Male	Black
L M Clements	5/12	1860	Female	Black

Anna (Clemens) Baker's WPA Former Slave Narrative

Anna (Clemens) Baker's whole family, just outside of Tuscaloosa, Alabama and "Aunt Emaline". They were given to Luther Morgan Clements when his father Hardy divided slaves among his children. Anna's WPA interview gives a lot of detail about her family's enslavement by Morgan.^[3]

• George Clemens: Anna's father; Luther Morgan Clements took George with him when he went to serve in the American Civil War and George never returned.
• Harriet Clemens: Anna's mother; escaped (likely in the early 1860's when overseers were trying to "mess 'roun' wid[with] her". Returned after the war to reclaim her children from Luther Morgan Clements with papers from a provost marshall.
• George Clemens Jr: Anna's brother
• Allie Clemens: Anna's sister
• Florence Clemens: Anna's sister
• Jennie Clemens: Anna's sister
• Classie Clemens: Anna's sister
• Anna (Clemens) Baker (abt.1859-aft.1937): from her WPA interview, she seemed to be a favorite of Luther Morgan Clements while she was enslaved
• Aunt Emaline: an older woman in the 1860's who took in enslaved children who were orphans or whose parents were sent to the breeding quarters.

Sources

1. ↑ * "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HRWB-MY6Z : 23 February 2021), L Morgan Clements in entry for MM9.1.1/CS56-XTPZ:, 1850.
2. ↑ *"United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WKJ3-Z83Z : 16 October 2019), L M Clements, 1860.
3. ↑ Federal Writers' Project: Slave Narrative Project, Vol. 9, Mississippi, Allen-Young, 1936; Anna Baker, p. 11-17; image copy from the Library of Congress at https://www.loc.gov/resource/mesn.090/?sp=15.