At the end of the Civil War, the blacks withdrew and formed Trinity Methodist. We see this most famously through Thomas Jefferson. It is very much a result of this history, whose legacy still shapes everything we see today. How did they do that? Charleston County saw an increase in colored population of almost two thirds between 1860 The actual number of slaveholders may be slightly Though the census schedules speak in terms of "slave owners", the transcriber has chosen to use the Particularly in the case of n On Nov. 20, 1954, The T&D reported Negro Man Reaches 100 on Clean Living And No Liker Although there seems to be some mix up as to his exact birthday, Uncle Jim Jamison, Orangeburg Negro lay claim to being the oldest living Orangeburg County resident. His secret for long life is simple clean living and no Liker.. Alabama, up 37,000 (8%); North Carolina, up 31,000 (8%); Florida, up 27,000 (41%); Ohio, up 26,000 (70%); Indiana, up 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. Some of these former slaves may have been using the There was an investment across the country in the perpetuation of slavery. M653, Roll 1236) reportedly includes a total of 16,583 slaves, ranking it the ninth highest County total in the State and the [8] The last U.S. census slave schedules were enumerated by County in 1860 and included 393,975 named persons holding A poster advertising a slave sale in 1863 in Frankfort, Kentucky. At best, they provide supporting evidence for a hypothesis derived from other sources. Updates: n 115 plantations in the northern part owned 10 or more slaves. The conversation was edited for brevity and clarity. The paper mill closed in 2001. purposes. Others tell him there was no such a thing as a good slave master. significant increases in colored population during that time, and were therefore more likely possible places of relocation for appreciated. noted however, that in comparing census data for 1870 and 1960, the transcriber did not take into consideration any relevant Sorry, you have Javascript Disabled! The plantation house is still standing, however, no outbuildings survive. n In 1826, Moses Zeigler, a slave, applied and was granted a license to preach as a Methodist. You say in your book that they built their own culture, which in turn shaped American culture. Dantzler Plantation, also known as Four Hole Plantation House or SunnySide House, is a historic plantation house located near Holly Hill, Orangeburg County, South Carolina. Listed in the National Register March 1, 2007. After slavery, most of the balconies were torn down. Your email address will not be published. The site is now a museum. 1870 census was obtained using Heritage Quest's CD "African-Americans in the 1870 U.S. Federal Census", available in the same State or County. The transcriber did not notice any such slaves in the course of Following the holder list is a separate list of the surnames of n In 1865, the Orangeburgh Methodist Church had a substantial number of slave members. Then they heard from them again. Richard Reid is president of the Orangeburg Historical and Genealogical Society. Dr. Dantzler was also known to treat both Confederate and Union soliders during the war. Orangeburgh sent slaves from the third division. I remember learning about slavery and being made to feel that it was something that happened in the Jurassic period like it was the dinosaurs, The Flintstones and slavery. The idea that an institution that existed for 250 years and has only not existed for a little over 150 years. LARGEST SLAVEHOLDERS FROM 1860 SLAVE CENSUS SCHEDULES, SURNAME MATCHES FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS ON 1870 CENSUS. 41,181 "Negroes"was about two and a half times what the colored population had been 100 years before.) 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. The 1860 U.S. Census Slave Schedules for Orangeburg County, South Carolina (NARA microfilm series can be viewed to see if there were smaller slaveholders with that surname. WebThough a planter by profession in the Orangeburg district, Olin Dantzler served his state and country both politically and militarily. Please consider how you can help us continue our mission to preserve recollections, images and historical data across South Carolina and beyond. Across the south, housing developments, schools and of every set of two pages, with the previous stamped number and a "B" being used to designate the pages without a stamped A statue at Goree Island in Senegal, known for being a center of the Atlantic slave trade from the 15th to the 19th century. living in the southern States. Hope isnt passive. WebDantzler Plantation: Holly Hill 74001851 Darby Plantation: Edgefield 71000776 Davis Plantation: Monticello 66000701 Drayton Hall: October 9, 1960: Charleston: Charleston: 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. n During the Revolutionary War, Capt. Plantation owner Pierce Mease Butler (whose grandfather was one of the signers of the Constitution and author of the fugitive slave clause) sold over 430 slaves to satisfy his creditors. My grandfathers grandfather was enslaved. 25,000 (127%); and Kansas up from 265 to 17,000 (6,400%). WebThere were slave cowboys in Texas, slaves working in the California gold fields, slaves with the Mormon migration and slave servants in Oregon. To see this page as it is meant to appear, please enable your Javascript! enumerated in 1860 without giving their names, only their sex and age and indication of any handicaps, such as deaf or blind Although the Emancipation Proclamation started in 1863, slave life continued its path in Orangeburg until the end of the Civil War in 1865. Blood stains on the upstairs pine floors from this period remain to this day (3). FORMAT. The sort of slippery slope argument is not convincing to me. urchinTracker(); South-Carolina-Plantations.com Dantzler Plantation, Holly Hill, Orangeburg County, SC, Dantzler Plantation Mike Kullenberg, 2015 , 1860 Orangeburg County Slave Census Schedule, Origin of name Named for Dr. Lewis Dantzler, Other names Four Hole; SunnySide House (, 1846 Dr. Lewis Dantzler was issued a land grant for 703 acres that had been part of his relative Jacob Dantzler's grant (, 1878 Dr. Lewis Dantzler died and left the plantation to his son, Irvin H. Dantzler (, 1920 Irvin H. Dantzler passed away and willed Dantzler Plantation to nephew, Frederick Connor Dantzler (, 1930s Blanch Dantzler, wife of Frederick, operated a popular travelers stop and boarding house called SunnySide House at Dantzler Plantation. making this transcription, except for 100 year old female Lizzie, held by S. H. Legare on page 478B. The page numbers used are the rubber stamped numbers in the upper right corner 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. This database provides details about those persons, including age, sex, and color, but unfortunately, most schedules omit personal names. n In the 1860s, South Carolina proposed a law that would compel free blacks to select a master or leave the state. 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). surname. County, accounting for 7.028 slaves, or 42% of the County total. The one-story raised cottage for consideration by those seeking to make connections between slaveholders and former slaves. Descriptions of their circumstances would vary from plantation to plantation and owner to owner. FORMER SLAVES. It features a front portico. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Your generous donations allow us to continue to operate and grow R&R for this generation and many generations to come. n Slave ownership in the south was Joseph Pendarvis 41, George Robison 56, Elijah Wasden 71 and John Smith 75 slaves. Im deeply invested in the subject matter of this book, which is why I spent four years writing it. n By 1850, Orangeburgh had become the leading cotton growing area in the state. Published information giving names of slaveholders and numbers of slaves held in Orangeburg County, South For the most part, North Carolina slaves resisted the power of their masters by individual and collective actions that made their 1860 and 1870, the South Carolina colored population only increased by 4,000, to 416,000, a 1% increase. and 1870, so likely that is where many went. With this in mind, one can safely conclude that blacks caring the above surnames are possibly connected. Claim: A circulating list of nine historical "facts" about slavery accurately details the participation of non-whites in slave ownership and trade in America. these larger slaveholders, the data seems to show in general not many freed slaves in 1870 were using the surname of their You are the visitor to this page. 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. microfilm can be viewed to find out whether the ancestor was a holder of a fewer number of slaves or not a slaveholder at 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. Deedee is the great-great-grand niece of Dr. Lewis Dantzler. Capital and resources were what allowed the slaveocracy of the South to continue to flourish. In 1811 some 500 slaves, led by a mixed-race slave driver named Charles Deslondes, marched through Louisiana in military formation before federal troops captured them. John Salley had a faithful slave to stand sentinel under his window while he slept to warn him when the Tories were approaching. When Im at the Blandford Cemetery and spending time with the Sons of Confederate Veterans, its not that Im not having an emotional response to what theyre saying. It happened centuries ago. WebDr. n The South fork of the Edisto included 5,681 whites and 1,402 slaves. The severed heads were ceramic sculptures a memorial to the largest slave rebellion in US history. We would fundamentally reject any cultural or individual explanation for widespread disparities of poverty, violence, school outcomes, wages, and wealth. 3,950,546 unnamed slaves, or an average of about ten slaves per holder. and Counties, return to Home and Links Page. She was the daughter of someone born into intergenerational, chattel slavery. William Dollarhide, The Census Book: A Genealogist's Guide to Federal Census Facts, Schedules and Indexes, Heritage Quest: Bountiful, Utah, 2000. Between SURNAME MATCHES AMONG AFRICAN AMERICANS ON 1870 CENSUS: (exact surname spellings only are reported, no spelling variations or soundex), (SURNAME, # in US, in State, in County, born in State, born and living in State, born in State and living in County). The main block is connected at the rear to a 1 1/2-story n In 1860, there were 1,069 slave owners; 33 of them owned more than 100 slaves. His mission is researching Orangeburg history, with a particular emphasis on the role of African-Americans in that history. They were, in effect, selling their own children off into slavery. AFLLC and info@rootsandrecall.com, 4175 Booney Road, Rock Hill, S.C. 29730, U.S. Patented info@rootsandrecall.com. Any information is appreciated. In terms of hope, so many activists and writers that came before me say that hope is a discipline. To see this page as it is meant to appear, please enable your Javascript! Some enumerators did, however, list the given names of enslaved peopleparticularly those over one hundred years of agewhich are generally found in the "name of slave owners" column. n In 1825, Tom Hartzog, a slave, was licensed by the Methodist church to preach (to the slaves). WebFreed slaves, if listed in the next census, in 1870, would have been reported with their full name, including surname. 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 census page), the number of slaves they held in the County where the slaves were enumerated and the first census page Look for his articles all during this month on The Times and Democrats special Black History Month pages on Tuesdays and Fridays. Upon seeing a Masonic emblem on the front door, they spared the house and its occupants. They fought for freedom that they never had the opportunity to see, but they fought for it anyway because they knew that someday someone would. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. A Warner Bros. obtainable records of the holder. Its why in 1861, on the eve of the Civil War, the mayor of New York City would propose that New York City secede from the Union alongside the Southern states because the economic and political infrastructure of New York City was deeply invested in slavery. n The 1790 census reported 12,582 whites and 5,931 slaves. The first workers used on the island plantations were North African Muslims and the local Guanches. Dantzler was also known to treat both Confederate and Union soliders during the war. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1850 Federal Census. Blood stains on the upstairs pine floors from this period remain to this day . Planted in a garden bed in front of the fence were the heads of 55 Black men impaled on metal rods, their eyes shut and jaws clenched in anguish. 703 Junaluska RD Boone, NC 28607 (828) 773-6525. task, but it is beyond the scope of this transcription. Plantation names were not shown on the census. In spite of that, Black people created the music, the food, the culture that has shaped not only American society but global society. At that time, the spelling of this area was Orangeburgh.. Slaves 100 years of age or older were supposed to be named on the 1860 slave schedule, but there were only 1,570 slaves of Descendants Of The Enslaved Sheltered From Ida In A Historic Plantation's Big House. According to The Historical Encyclopedia of World Slavery, in the section "Judaism in the Antebellum South" which begins at page 384:. Uncle Jim says he was born in 1844 making him 108 years old. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images), Author Clint Smith: "America has a lot of accounting to do for what it has done to different groups of people.". number. Carolina, in 1860, is either non-existent or not readily available. 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.. 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. And two others, 69 slaves, page 440, RUMPH, Margaret and two others, 63 slaves, page 441, GAUCK, Morgan, Agt., 39 slaves, page 451B, LIVINGSTON, Elizabeth, 39 slaves, page 467B. of that County on which they were listed. n Harry, Thomas and Nancy, the slaves of Timothy Darigan, were publicly baptized in 1854. n In 1758, the county paid John Geissendanner for slaves executed and Jacob Rump, the constable, for fees on trial of slaves. Sign up for our newsletter to keep reading. My orientation for this book was one of curiosity. included 8,108 whites, 205 "free colored" and 16,583 slaves. Due to variable film quality, handwriting Typically slave labor on the plantation was divided into two broad categories: house servants and field hands. Do you support reparations for African Americans? What would you tell people who say if we do offer reparations to descendants of slaves, Native Americans can say, What about us? Where does this stop? County, South Carolina census for 1860 and not know whether that person was also listed as a slaveholder on the slave A print from The Slave Trade and its Abolition, edited by John Langdon-Davies, Jonathan Cape, London, 1965. But early on they chose a different path, This traffic stop between a Black man and a White state trooper began with fear. 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 I dont operate under any pretense of objectivity. About Us | Contact Us | Copyright | Report Inappropriate Material The 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 various uses of plantation architecture throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He takes readers to places such as modern-day New York City on Wall Street, where the countrys second-largest slave market once stood on Wall Street, to show how the story of slavery is still being debated, distorted and denied. Your generous donations allow us to continue to operate and grow R&R for this generation and many generations to come. 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