Description
Photocopies of documents collected by the State of California Insurance Department in pursuance of California Code Regulations,
Title 10, Sections 2293-2398, which required insurance companies to provide documentation about insurance polices from the
slavery era which coverage for slaveholders for damage to or death of the enslaved.
Background
In 2000, the California State Legislature passed SB 2199, authored by former Senator Tom Hayden and signed into law by former
Governor Gray Davis. The statute is entitled "Slavery Era Insurance Policies." The Legislature found and declared that "Insurance
policies from the slavery era have been discovered in the archives of several insurance companies, documenting insurance coverage
for slaveholders for damage to or death of their slaves, issued by a predecessor insurance firm. These documents provide the
first evidence of ill-gotten profits from slavery, which profits in part capitalized insurers whose successors remain in existence
today." SB2199 Sec. 1(a).
Extent
1 legal manuscript box, 2 oversized flat boxes.
(2 Cubic Feet)
Restrictions
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the City Archivist. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.
Availability
The collection is available for use during San Francisco History Center hours, with photographs available during Photo Desk
hours. Collections that are stored offsite should be requested 48 hours in advance.