Lowcountry Africana

The estate inventory of John Pyne, made in 1814, lists the names of enslaved ancestors at Duharrow, Buckhead and Ashepoo Plantations in Colleton, SC and Yaughan and Litchfield Plantations, locati...

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The estate inventory of Elizabeth Gourdin, made in Charleston South Carolina on 5 Jan 1836, lists the names of 188 enslaved ancestors in the estate. The post 188 Enslaved People in the Estate o...

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Freedmen’s Labor Contract Colleton District, June 1865-Feb. 1868 Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872 NARA ...

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