African Americans -- South Carolina.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Jesse C. Stribling Papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Mss-0201
Scope and Contents
The papers contain clippings, correspondence, enlistment papers, lists, a small notebook and a statement. The clippings relate to cotton and dairy farming, livestock shows and farmers' organizations, including the Pendleton Farmer's Society, for the period 1889-1890. The correspondence concerns the sale of cattle in 1882, the suggested organization of an "Agricultural Society" in upstate South Carolina in 1890 and the return of a Negro who "belongs" to Stribling from the Edgefield, SC, jail....
Dates:
1862-1865, 1882, 1889-1890, 1906, circa 1925, 1979, undated
Julia Mood Peterkin Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Mss-0063
Scope and Contents
The bulk of this collection consists of copies of correspondence between Julia Peterkin of Lang Syne Plantation, Fort Motte, South Carolina, and her publishers from the early 1920s through the 1930s. This correspondence deals primarily with her books Black April, Scarlet Sister Mary, and Bright Skin. Internal evidence indicates the wide acclaim and friendships she shared with other authors...
Dates:
1920 - 1964; 1920 - 1939
Keowee Plantation Journal
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Mss-0056
Scope and Contents
The Journal lists work done on Keowee Plantation, owned by John Ewing Colhoun. It records the purchase and sale of farm products and weather conditions from January 2, 1853, to January 13, 1855. There are several lists of names of the plantation's slaves between 1854-1859 which in some cases give their ages, death dates, family relationships, and valuation. Brief mention is made of John Ewing Colhoun's sons, William Ransom Colhoun and Henry Davis Colhoun.
Dates:
1853-1859; 1853 - 1855
William G. Hinson Records
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Mss-0108
Scope and Contents
The collection contains five volumes of farm records of William Godber Hinson, James Island, Charleston County, SC. Three of the books are accounts with farm laborers, "Freedmen" and "Freedwomen," 1866-1868. Entries reflect net proceeds of cotton crops, amount due employers, sickness records, cash advances, and cost of rations. Individual accounts include those of Amelia Goodwin, Moses Brown, Amos and Sam Watson, Thomas Young, Jeffry Campbell, Israel Knights, Eve Gourdin and Francis Gadsen....
Dates:
1866-1881