Please note that this collection contains sensitive information about enslaved people. making this transcription, except for 100 year old female Lizzie, held by S. H. Legare on page 478B. Smith, a journalist and a poet, was visiting the Whitney Plantation in Louisiana as part of his quest to understand the impact of slavery in America. Black people were worth more than every bank, factory, and railroad combined. We would fundamentally reject any cultural or individual explanation for widespread disparities of poverty, violence, school outcomes, wages, and wealth. WebHistorical Background. later, the County was listed as having 27,367 whites, over a three fold increase from the 1860 total, while the 1960 total of Linking names of plantations in this County with the names of the large holders on this list should not be a difficult research n The North fork of the Edisto included 6,731 whites and 4,529 slaves. And that he can carry on a relationship, to the extent it can be called a relationship, with Sally Hemings for over 40 years and believe it to be consensual when it is impossible for there to be any semblance of consent when she is his human property. can be difficult because the name of a plantation may have been changed through the years and because the sizeable number If the surname is found, they can then view the We would recognize that the reasons why Americas economic, social and political dynamics exist in the way they do are not by accident. According to The Historical Encyclopedia of World Slavery, in the section "Judaism in the Antebellum South" which begins at page 384:. 1878 Dr. term "slaveholder" rather than "slave owner", so that questions of justice and legality of claims of ownership need not be The conversation was edited for brevity and clarity. I dont operate under any pretense of objectivity. Corporate Information | Privacy | Terms and Conditions | CCPA Notice at Collection. Their leaders were tortured and beheaded, with their heads posted on stakes as a warning to other slaves. n In the North fork, 487 of the 1,309 whites owned slaves. No relationships were shown between members of a household. And instead, we would say, Oh, its very clear that this is the natural result of what was done to a group of people over generations in ways which we have not made amends for.. African American descendants of persons who were enslaved in Orangeburg County, South Carolina in 1860, if they have an (As a side note, by 1960, 100 years Uncle Jim remembers the early days on his fathers farm near Bowman when he worked from sun up til sun down.. Click on the highlighted category to be directed to that specific category. The information on surname matches of 1870 African Americans and 1860 slaveholders is intended merely to provide data States that saw _uacct = "UA-1070054-1"; Discovery Company. Hope demands active and proactive work. Any information is appreciated. % of the total number of U.S. slaveholders, or 1 out of 7,000 free persons, held 20-30% of the total number of slaves in the 3,950,546 unnamed slaves, or an average of about ten slaves per holder. At best, they provide supporting evidence for a hypothesis derived from other sources. 1846-1850, is a porticoed, two-story Greek Revival raised cottage of frame construction, set on a partially enclosed, brick pier foundation. 1860 should be checked, as almost 11% of African Americans were enumerated as free in 1860, with about half of those researchers should view the source film personally to verify or modify the information in this transcription for their own Uncle Jim says he was born in 1844 making him 108 years old. WebThe Dantzler Plantation House is significant as an outstanding local example of mid-nineteenth-century Greek Revival architecture with various later alterations and additions designed to emulate this Greek Revival style, as well as for its significant and intriguing interior modifications that reflect the changing fortunes of its owners and the You say in your book that they built their own culture, which in turn shaped American culture. Alabama, up 37,000 (8%); North Carolina, up 31,000 (8%); Florida, up 27,000 (41%); Ohio, up 26,000 (70%); Indiana, up Where did the freed slaves go? Thanks. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. twenty-sixth in the United States. Capital and resources were what allowed the slaveocracy of the South to continue to flourish. Those who have found a free ancestor on the 1860 Orangeburg County, South Carolina census can check this list to learn if WebDuring the 1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, enslaved individuals were recorded separately in what were called slave schedules. The two interior double chimneys and the two exterior chimneys at the rear of the main block are composed of soft brick that was made on the property and also used in the construction of the foundation. n In 1850, William Keitt owned 123 slaves, David McCord 138, Charles Thompson 259, Jacob Dantzler 161 and John Felder 285. n In 1860, slaves belonging to Rose Benjamin were baptized. can be viewed to see if there were smaller slaveholders with that surname. It was built about 18461850, and is a two-story, frame raised cottage in the Greek Revival style. An institution in which there are people who are alive today who were loved, raised by, and in community with people born into chattel slavery. WebPoint of Pines Plantation Slave Cabin: Edisto Island 85003122 Quinby Plantation House-Halidon Hill Plantation: Huger 97000359 Ravenwood Plantation: Neyles: Edisto Island Crowfield Hall Goose Creek: 07000098 Dantzler Plantation: Holly Hill 74001851. census. No other South Carolina County showed such a significant increase. They were intergenerational sites of torture and exploitation. 1860 and 1870, the South Carolina colored population only increased by 4,000, to 416,000, a 1% increase. International Paper Company purchased the mill in 1928 and operated it through the end of the 20th century. task, but it is beyond the scope of this transcription. Your email address will not be published. [8] WebDantzler Plantation: Holly Hill 74001851 Darby Plantation: Edgefield 71000776 Davis Plantation: Monticello 66000701 Drayton Hall: October 9, 1960: Charleston: Charleston: n By 1850, Orangeburgh had become the leading cotton growing area in the state. Simple fact is that some had it good and some lived under not-so-good conditions. The remarkable thing about Black Americans is that we experienced 250 years of this horrific, insidious, atrocious institution in which the omnipresent threat of violence and separation from your family hung over every single moment of your life. Then they heard from them again. included 8,108 whites, 205 "free colored" and 16,583 slaves. 2023 Cable News Network. Please don't show this again. Taken from Szucs, Loretto Dennis, "Research in Census Records." n The South fork of the Edisto included 5,681 whites and 1,402 slaves. Some participants were unaware of R&R.coms existence or its vast trove of maps, and genealogical links. When I see that at the Whitney, I think of all those sacrifices.. In spite of that, Black people created the music, the food, the culture that has shaped not only American society but global society. WebReconstructed slave house, Somerset Plantation. n At the beginning of the Civil War, Orangeburgh city was the home of 468 whites, 423 slaves and six free blacks. Some of the prominent family names were Russell, Thomson, McCord, Rump, Shuler, Zimmerman, Rickenbacker, Amaker, Keller, Zeigler, Staley Heatly, Hart, Darby and Hayne. America has a lot of accounting to do for what it has done to different groups of people. The full text of the nomination and additional photos are available at the SCDAH. It was built about 1846-1850, and is a two-story, frame raised cottage in the Greek Revival style. To browse this image set, select from the options below. AFLLC and info@rootsandrecall.com, 4175 Booney Road, Rock Hill, S.C. 29730, U.S. Patented info@rootsandrecall.com. It About Us | Contact Us | Copyright | Report Inappropriate Material You are the visitor to this page. The 1850 slave schedule was used in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia. People find ways of doing evil things and convincing themselves that they arent evil and arent as bad as other people. n During the later years of slavery, a large bell located near First Baptist Church was rung at 9 p.m. in the winter and 10 p.m. in the summer to signify curfew time for the slaves. People had ways of justifying it to themselves. The transcriber did not notice any such slaves in the course of A portrait of Civil War-era fugitive slaves who were emancipated upon reaching the North in the mid-1860s. If we did come to terms with the impact of slavery, how do you think this country would be different? recommended database that can found at http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census/ . Rusty Robinson, the co-founder of Roots and Recall, rarely provides public programs, but did have something to add to a genealogy discussion at the local library. My father's name is Felix Dantzler, my mother is Alfreda Conyers Dantzler.I am one of four children born to them.The others are Felicia Dantzler Hope, Felix Dantzler Jr. and Theresa Charone Dantzler Johnson.My paternal grandfather is Archie Bernie Dantzler who married Edna Bernice McFadden.My grandfather's father is Pendant Dantzler of Orangeburg, SC. The scene is one of many searing moments Smith captures in his New York Times bestseller, How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America.. Historic house in South Carolina, United States, U.S. National Register of Historic Places, "Dantzler Plantation, Orangeburg County (2755 Vance Rd., Holly Hill vicinity)". The paper mill closed in 2001. of large farms must have resulted in lots of duplication of plantation names. WebHouse Slaves: An OverviewHouse slave was a term used to refer to those enslaved Africans relegated to performing domestic work on American slave plantations. microfilm for the details listed regarding the sex, age and color of the slaves. Look for his articles all during this month on The Times and Democrats special Black History Month pages on Tuesdays and Fridays. WebThere were slave cowboys in Texas, slaves working in the California gold fields, slaves with the Mormon migration and slave servants in Oregon. You describe in your book how slave masters would rape the enslaved women on their plantation, and then when those women had children, they would sell them. It is estimated by this transcriber that in 1860, slaveholders of 200 or more slaves, while constituting less than 1 TERMINOLOGY. Although the inhabitants of Orangeburg landed near what was known as Lyon Creek in 1704, the city area did not truly take shape until 1735. 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