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 their slaves.

In August 2000 the California legislature found that "Insurance polices from the slavery era had 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). Governor Davis signed the bill (SB2199) in to law, September 2000. This legislation had been introduced by then Senator Tom Hayden in May 2000. The statute took effect January 1, 2001. California Code Regulations, Title 10, Sections 2293-2398 implement the statute.

0.9 linear feet (3 oversize boxes).

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