WebDantzler Plantation: Holly Hill 74001851 Darby Plantation: Edgefield 71000776 Davis Plantation: Monticello 66000701 Drayton Hall: October 9, 1960: Charleston: Charleston: Loretto Dennis Szucs and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking (Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1997). African American descendants of persons who were enslaved in Orangeburg County, South Carolina in 1860, if they have an Smith explores slaverys impact on the present as much as on the past. WebNo. Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community. n In 1778, the slaves of Col. Paul S. Felder loaded his guns during a fight with the Tories in the Revolutionary War, enabling him to kill more than 20 enemies. My grandfathers grandfather was enslaved. Part of reparations is not only the reallocation of monetary or material resources, it is also the recalibration of our collective memory to truly understand what happened here. the source or at the time of the source, with African American being used otherwise. Additional slave schedule fields that are not indexed include: Sometimes the listings of enslaved persons on large estates or plantations appear to take the form of family groupings, but in most cases enslaved individuals are listed from oldest to youngest with no evident attempt to account for family structure or units. WebCharles Hays was a slave owner with a plantation located sixteen miles north of Louisville, KY. Like many slave owners following emancipation, Hays didnt inform his now ex-slaves that they were free until days later, and only eventually did so out of fear of being arrested. MIGRATION OF FORMER SLAVES: According to U.S. Census data, the 1860 Orangeburg County population researchers should view the source film personally to verify or modify the information in this transcription for their own 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. n In 1863, the state passed an act to organize and supply Negroes for the coast defense. They were, in effect, selling their own children off into slavery. Oral histories included an account from an enslaved woman who recalled how her master would come at night to rape her sister and den have de nerve to come round de next day and ask her how she feel.. Their leaders were tortured and beheaded, with their heads posted on stakes as a warning to other slaves. n 115 plantations in the northern part owned 10 or more slaves. Published information giving names of slaveholders and numbers of slaves held in Orangeburg County, South Did you encounter any technical issues? She was the daughter of an enslaved person not the granddaughter or the great-granddaughter. changes in county boundaries. By the 1870 census, the white population had decreased about A genuine curiosity was the governing force behind this book. Across the south, housing developments, schools and We would fundamentally reject any cultural or individual explanation for widespread disparities of poverty, violence, school outcomes, wages, and wealth. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. He opened their eyes a couple of weeks ago to the map data []. n By 1850, Orangeburgh had become the leading cotton growing area in the state. Racially related terms such as African American, black, mulatto and colored are used as in At that time, the spelling of this area was Orangeburgh.. They were intergenerational sites of torture and exploitation. Particularly in the case of Richard Reid is president of the Orangeburg Historical and Genealogical Society. It happened centuries ago. The severed heads were ceramic sculptures a memorial to the largest slave rebellion in US history. There were certainly moments when I did feel angry. He owns her and he owns her children and yet is somebody who tries to convince himself that what hes doing is not as bad as what other people are doing, that he is benevolent slaver, that even though he knows what he is doing is wrong. Discovery Company. Black people have taken that trauma and regularly turned it into art. number. of 984 slaveholders, and those slaveholders have not been included here. The paper mill closed in 2001. 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. all. obtainable records of the holder. n In 1831, a slave named Myers was expelled from the Methodist Church. CNN Sans & 2016 Cable News Network. He had spent four years touring monuments and landmarks commemorating slavery across America and in Africa, but his stop at the Whitney, in his home state, stood out. However, the data should be checked for the particular surname to see the extent of the matching. There he encountered no mint juleps or Gone with the Wind nostalgia about slavery. Although the Emancipation Proclamation started in 1863, slave life continued its path in Orangeburg until the end of the Civil War in 1865. microfilm can be viewed to find out whether the ancestor was a holder of a fewer number of slaves or not a slaveholder at 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. In 1850, the slave census was also separate from the free census, but in earlier years it was a part of the free 1860 slaveholder. _uacct = "UA-1070054-1"; It is possible to locate a free person on the Orangeburg enumerated in 1860 without giving their names, only their sex and age and indication of any handicaps, such as deaf or blind Census data for 1860 There was an investment across the country in the perpetuation of slavery. The 1860 U.S. Census Slave Schedules for Orangeburg County, South Carolina (NARA microfilm series Please consider how you can help us continue our mission to preserve recollections, images and historical data across South Carolina and beyond. Professional genealogist offers advice on tracing African-American roots, Needles and Threads: Piecing Together African American Families, Finding a Name: Why Probate Records are a Gold Mine for African Americans, Do not sell or share my personal information, Fugitive from the State (meaning they were a freedom seeker). If the surname is not on this list, the microfilm WebDantzler Plantation, also known as Four Hole Plantation House or SunnySide House, is a historic plantation house located near Holly Hill, Orangeburg County, South Carolina. But you say the American economy was built on the currency of human livestock. How was slavery crucial to the way this countrys economy grew? The main block is connected at the rear to a .mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}1+12-story kitchen structure. Founding Father Thomas Jefferson, third president of the US, whose legacy is complicated by his ownership of hundreds of slaves. Without the labor of enslaved people, the free labor of millions of people over the course of two and half centuries, the United States does not exist as a global economic superpower. This database provides details SELLERS, John & Samuel, 78 slaves, page 377, WANNAMAKER, W.? So when my grandfather was sitting on his grandfathers lap Im reminded that in the scope of human history, this was just yesterday. n The 1790 census reported 12,582 whites and 5,931 slaves. Some of these former slaves Hi, I'm a Dantzler descendant, assuredly a slave descendant. PLANTATION NAMES. census, because published indexes almost always do not include the slave census. Please don't show this again. The census shows no subdivisions within the County. Claim: A circulating list of nine historical "facts" about slavery accurately details the participation of non-whites in slave ownership and trade in America. We see this most famously through Thomas Jefferson. The sort of slippery slope argument is not convincing to me. Look for his articles all during this month on The Times and Democrats special Black History Month pages on Tuesdays and Fridays. The planter aristocracy enlisted the support of nonslave-holding 1846-50 near the intersection of present-day Vance Road and Bass Drive in the rural Dantzler community near Holly Hill, in rural Orangeburg County, South Carolina, is a porticoed, two-story Greek Revival raised cottage of frame construction, set on a partially enclosed, brick pier foundation Dr. Dantzler was also known to treat both Confederate and Union soliders during the war. 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. 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. Its that simple. This database provides details about those persons, including age, sex, and color, but unfortunately, most schedules omit personal names. The 1860 U.S. Census was the last U.S. census showing slaves and slaveholders. Webn 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 WebIn 1911, the Dantzler's began construction of a paper mill in Moss Point to make use of waste slabs from their sawmills. And so I am hopeful because there were people who came before me who were hopeful and enacted that hope through action, through the way they lived their lives and the decisions they made. All Rights Reserved. 1:27 PM EDT, Sat October 2, 2021, Public slave auction, 1965. Simple fact is that some had it good and some lived under not-so-good conditions. through Heritage Quest at http://www.heritagequest.com/ . You say in your book that they built their own culture, which in turn shaped American culture. Because of the destruction wrought on such properties in Orangeburg County during the Civil War, such an intact property is rare for the county. It was built about 1846-1850, and is a two-story, frame raised cottage in the Greek Revival style. In spite of that, Black people created the music, the food, the culture that has shaped not only American society but global society. 41,181 "Negroes"was about two and a half times what the colored population had been 100 years before.) I always think now about the woman who opened the National Museum of African American History and Culture in 2016 alongside the Obama family, who rang the bell. In any event, the slave schedules almost never conclusively connect a specific enslaved individual with a particular slave owner. 703 Junaluska RD Boone, NC 28607 (828) 773-6525. The main block of the house is unique for its remarkable depth (triple pile) in comparison to its width (only five bays wide). "On the faces of all was an expression of heavy grief," wrote journalist Mortimer Thomson , who was attending the auction undercover for the New York Tribune. WebMiddleton Place in South Carolina is one of about 375 plantation museums across the US. If the ancestor is not on this list, the 1860 slave census The term "County" is used to describe the main subdivisions of the State by which the census was enumerated. It should be Please subscribe to keep reading. Updated 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. and 1870, so likely that is where many went. It features a front portico. His mother who died more than 50 years ago was a slave on a plantation near Bowman. n During the Revolutionary War, Capt. n In 1847, one Sunday school reported 12 white scholars and 40 slaves who were taught orally. Your email address will not be published. The scene is one of many searing Blood stains on the upstairs pine floors from this period remain to this day (3). Then he drew closer; what he saw made him shudder. The four million Black people were worth more than all the manufacturing in this country before the Civil War began. Following the holder list is a separate list of the surnames of You are the visitor to this page. In The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy, ed. The mill began operation in 1913 as Southern Paper Company. census. SOURCES. n In 1850, John Barrs, a free black, owned five slaves in Oragneburgh. Linking names of plantations in this County with the names of the large holders on this list should not be a difficult research America has a lot of accounting to do for what it has done to different groups of people. WebThere were slave cowboys in Texas, slaves working in the California gold fields, slaves with the Mormon migration and slave servants in Oregon. She was the daughter of someone born into intergenerational, chattel slavery. WebField Slaves: An OverviewThe disappearance of slavery in other parts of the country during the early national period did not inspire southerners to give up their peculiar institution. 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After slavery, most of the balconies were torn down. Whether or not the ancestor is found to have been a slaveholder, a viewing of the slave census will provide an informed Sorry, you have Javascript Disabled! in the same State or County. Upon seeing a Masonic emblem on the front door, they spared the house and its occupants. 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. I dont think this idea that if you give it to one group of people, youre going to end up giving to a whole bunch of people is convincing or epically inconsistent. Researchers seeking information about slave owners may find slave schedules useful because of the specific information they provide about slave owners holdings. The property includes a contributing oak allee and an entry gate. Slaves were significant increases in colored population during that time, and were therefore more likely possible places of relocation for The idea that an institution that existed for 250 years and has only not existed for a little over 150 years. sense of the extent of slavery in the ancestral County, particularly for those who have never viewed a slave census. in the next census, in 1870, would have been reported with their full name, including surname. Slaves were listed as property and the Denzler's/Dantzler's had said property.I believe my family to be descended from Felix Allen Dantzler.My hope is there's some documented evidence of Dantzler slaves born of Dantzler owner's. International Paper Company purchased the mill in 1928 and operated it through the end of the 20th century. Re: Orangeburg Dantzler Slave Descendants. Before presuming an African American was a slave on the 1860 census, the free census for How do you not lose hope for the future of this country when youve met so many White people who are in denial about slaverys impact? Some participants were unaware of R&R.coms existence or its vast trove of maps, and genealogical links. of large farms must have resulted in lots of duplication of plantation names. Click on the highlighted category to be directed to that specific category. The property is also noteworthy for its association with the Dantzler family, one of the most prominent families of Orangeburg County from the eighteenth century to the present, and it remains in family hands. (renews at {{format_dollars}}{{start_price}}{{format_cents}}/month + tax). their ancestor was one of the larger slaveholders in the County. task, but it is beyond the scope of this transcription. This transcription lists the names of those largest slaveholders in the County (actually shown as "District" on During the 1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, enslaved individuals were recorded separately in what were called slave schedules. How did they do that? Your generous donations allow us to continue to operate and grow R&R for this generation and many generations to come. [8] One of the most telling examples of the relationship between slavery and the economy is that in 1860, four million Black people were enslaved. It ended with a surprising act of kindness, The evangelical church faces a state of emergency over the pandemic and politics, Andy Stanley says, They lost their loved ones to Covid. Charleston County saw an increase in colored population of almost two thirds between 1860 The process of turning a person into a house servant or field hand was called these larger slaveholders, the data seems to show in general not many freed slaves in 1870 were using the surname of their The first workers used on the island plantations were North African Muslims and the local Guanches. During the Civil War, a small band of Union soldiers approached the house. Enslaved laborers hand-hewed the sills and studs of the house from local oaks and made bricks for the fireplaces. The rest of the slaves in the County were held by a total You have permission to edit this article. 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