Plantation is fine, as long as were clear what they were. 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 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. They were whipped, tortured, mutilated, and By the 1830s, southerners were convinced that slavery was a positive good and should be defended at all costs. Some of these former slaves of 984 slaveholders, and those slaveholders have not been included here. The severed heads were ceramic sculptures a memorial to the largest slave rebellion in US history. noted however, that in comparing census data for 1870 and 1960, the transcriber did not take into consideration any relevant Hope demands active and proactive work. People find ways of doing evil things and convincing themselves that they arent evil and arent as bad as other people. SELLERS, John & Samuel, 78 slaves, page 377, WANNAMAKER, W.? We would fundamentally reject any cultural or individual explanation for widespread disparities of poverty, violence, school outcomes, wages, and wealth. living in the southern States. Though the census schedules speak in terms of "slave owners", the transcriber has chosen to use the U.S. 1846-1850, is a porticoed, two-story Greek Revival raised cottage of frame construction, set on a partially enclosed, brick pier foundation. Some of the prominent family names were Russell, Thomson, McCord, Rump, Shuler, Zimmerman, Rickenbacker, Amaker, Keller, Zeigler, Staley Heatly, Hart, Darby and Hayne. About Us | Contact Us | Copyright | Report Inappropriate Material The Kullenbergs lovingly restored the house (, Number of acres 703 in 1846; 24.5 in 2007 (. African American descendants of persons who were enslaved in Orangeburg County, South Carolina in 1860, if they have an There were certainly moments when I did feel angry. All Rights Reserved. task, but it is beyond the scope of this transcription. This article about a property in Orangeburg County, South Carolina on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub. Black people have taken that trauma and regularly turned it into art. Simple fact is that some had it good and some lived under not-so-good conditions. You are the visitor to this page. TERMINOLOGY. 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). This memorial by Woodrow Nash at the Whitney Plantation commemorates an 1811 slave uprising after which its leaders were beheaded. Yet by the mid-nineteenth century, cotton production was synonymous with slavery in the United States. In South Carolina in 1860 there were 482 farms They were, in effect, selling their own children off into slavery. WebIn 1750 most Africans and African Americans slaving in North America labored in the dirt of the tobacco and rice plantations of South Carolina and Virginia. 2. all. The transcriber did not notice any such slaves in the course of in the next census, in 1870, would have been reported with their full name, including surname. 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 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. 25,000 (127%); and Kansas up from 265 to 17,000 (6,400%). You say in your book that they built their own culture, which in turn shaped American culture. I didnt own any slaves, and neither did my ancestors. WebThe Dantzler Plantation House is significant as an outstanding local example of mid-nineteenth-century Greek Revival architecture with various later alterations and additions All Rights Reserved. No other South Carolina County showed such a significant increase. 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. This database provides details about those persons, including age, sex, and color, but unfortunately, most schedules omit personal names. Estimates of the number of former slaves who used the surname of a former owner in 1870, Thanks. It becomes this exercise in moral relativity where Jefferson can write in one document that all men are created equal and write in another that Black people are likely inferior to Whites in both body and mind where he can write one of the most important documents in the history of the Western world and also enslave over 600 people, his own children. Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much 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. A poster advertising a slave sale in 1863 in Frankfort, Kentucky. n In 1850, John Barrs, a free black, owned five slaves in Oragneburgh. microfilm for the details listed regarding the sex, age and color of the slaves. Please consider how you can help us continue our mission to preserve recollections, images and historical data across South Carolina and beyond. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. Smith also visits such landmarks as Thomas Jeffersons Monticello plantation in Virginia and Goree Island in Senegal, a notorious slave-trading center. It was built about 18461850, and is a two-story, frame raised cottage in the Greek Revival style. checked also. Sorry, you have Javascript Disabled! Capital and resources were what allowed the slaveocracy of the South to continue to flourish. Do you support reparations for African Americans? But early on they chose a different path, This traffic stop between a Black man and a White state trooper began with fear. Smiths book is a systematic takedown of many myths about slavery, including one that the Whitney exhibit disproves that most slaves just passively accepted their fate. To browse this image set, select from the options below. M653, Roll 1236) reportedly includes a total of 16,583 slaves, ranking it the ninth highest County total in the State and the The increasing costs associated with hosting, development and maintenance of the site are covered by a few passionate individuals. colored persons from Orangeburg County, included the following: Georgia, up 80,000 (17%); Texas, up 70,000 (38%); 3,950,546 unnamed slaves, or an average of about ten slaves per holder. Uncle Jim remembers the early days on his fathers farm near Bowman when he worked from sun up til sun down.. 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. In any event, the slave schedules almost never conclusively connect a specific enslaved individual with a particular slave owner. 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. n The South fork of the Edisto included 5,681 whites and 1,402 slaves. 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 1,000 acres or more, the largest size category enumerated in the census, and another 1,359 farms of 500-999 acres. The full text of the nomination and additional photos are available at the SCDAH. Dantzler was also known to treat both Confederate and Union soliders during the war. In The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy, ed. Plantation names were not shown on the census. Listed in the National Register March 1, 2007. Some of these former slaves may have been using the Particularly in the case of No relationships were shown between members of a household. The plantations harrowing centerpiece, though, was what made Smith stop in his tracks. After slavery, most of the balconies were torn down. 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. In terms of hope, so many activists and writers that came before me say that hope is a discipline. Using plantation names to locate ancestors significant increases in colored population during that time, and were therefore more likely possible places of relocation for We would recognize that the reasons why Americas economic, social and political dynamics exist in the way they do are not by accident. WebHouse Slaves: An OverviewHouse slave was a term used to refer to those enslaved Africans relegated to performing domestic work on American slave plantations. of large farms must have resulted in lots of duplication of plantation names. The increasing costs associated with hosting, development and maintenance of the site are covered by a few passionate individuals. 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. addressed in this transcription. 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 features a front portico. Instead, the plantation displayed statuettes of impoverished, emaciated Black children. Excluding slaves, the 1860 U.S. population was 27,167,529, with about 1 in 70 being a Some participants were unaware of R&R.coms existence or its vast trove of maps, and genealogical links. Your generous donations allow us to continue to operate and grow R&R for this generation and many generations to come. Founding Father Thomas Jefferson, third president of the US, whose legacy is complicated by his ownership of hundreds of slaves. Slaves did more than just survive. There he encountered no mint juleps or Gone with the Wind nostalgia about slavery. n Slavery census: 1790-12,412 whites, 5,931 slaves, 170 free blacks; 1840-6,321 whites, 11,934 slaves, 264 free blacks; 1860-8,180 whites, 16,583 slaves and 205 free blacks. and 1870, so likely that is where many went. AFLLC and info@rootsandrecall.com, 4175 Booney Road, Rock Hill, S.C. 29730, U.S. Patented info@rootsandrecall.com. number. For example, the number of enslaved people enumerated under a slave owner could indicate whether or not the slave owner had a plantation, and if so, what size it was. Their leaders were tortured and beheaded, with their heads posted on stakes as a warning to other slaves. The site is now a museum. Published information giving names of slaveholders and numbers of slaves held in Orangeburg County, South She was the daughter of an enslaved person not the granddaughter or the great-granddaughter. 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. 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 n In the South fork, 259 of the 1,078 whites owned slaves. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1850 Federal Census. 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 just wanted to understand how people understood and made sense of and situated themselves in American history. WebDr. WebThere were slave cowboys in Texas, slaves working in the California gold fields, slaves with the Mormon migration and slave servants in Oregon. researchers should view the source film personally to verify or modify the information in this transcription for their own FORMAT. 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules, Provided in association with National Archives and Records Administration. WebDantzler Family Collection Slavery & Reconstruction A digital display of select historic materials associated with the Frederick Dantzler and Lewis Dantzler Family Collections. The idea that an institution that existed for 250 years and has only not existed for a little over 150 years. Its that simple. He opened their eyes a couple of weeks ago to the map data [], Latitude: 33.6706031 Longitude: -80.8043263. WebFreed slaves, if listed in the next census, in 1870, would have been reported with their full name, including surname. The scene is one of many searing Descriptions of their circumstances would vary from plantation to plantation and owner to owner. Any information is appreciated. If the surname is not on this list, the microfilm It happened centuries ago. I knew that if I wanted people to tell their truth, I had to listen, and I had to be open to things I disagree with and things I profoundly disagree with. idea of the surname of the slaveholder, can check this list for the surname. But if I allow that visceral response to manifest itself in the form of anger, then its going to become an antagonistic interaction rather than one that is more open. The plantation house is still standing, however, no outbuildings survive. When too few of the Guanches were left alive from disease and overwork, African slaves were imported. Hi, I'm a Dantzler descendant, assuredly a slave descendant. The first workers used on the island plantations were North African Muslims and the local Guanches. The last U.S. census slave schedules were enumerated by County in 1860 and included 393,975 named persons holding America has a lot of accounting to do for what it has done to different groups of people. Black people were worth more than every bank, factory, and railroad combined. 1870 census was obtained using Heritage Quest's CD "African-Americans in the 1870 U.S. Federal Census", available microfilm can be viewed to find out whether the ancestor was a holder of a fewer number of slaves or not a slaveholder at Charleston County saw an increase in colored population of almost two thirds between 1860 The 1860 U.S. Census was the last U.S. census showing slaves and slaveholders. There is no other book on slavery quite like it. Alabama, up 37,000 (8%); North Carolina, up 31,000 (8%); Florida, up 27,000 (41%); Ohio, up 26,000 (70%); Indiana, up appreciated. Researchers seeking information about slave owners may find slave schedules useful because of the specific information they provide about slave owners holdings. Please subscribe to keep reading. The process of turning a person into a house servant or field hand was called n In 1863, the state passed an act to organize and supply Negroes for the coast defense. 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. When researching enslaved individuals, the slave schedules are most helpful when used in conjunction with the 1870 U.S. Federal Census, the U.S. Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885, wills, and probate documents. WebSlaves 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 Pro- and anti-slavery debates The blues and jazz and hip-hop, and the visual arts of the Harlem Renaissance, and literature from people like Frederick Douglass and Zora Neale Hurston to Alice Walker, those are shaped by a legacy of trauma. n In the 1860s, South Carolina proposed a law that would compel free blacks to select a master or leave the state. n At the beginning of the Civil War, Orangeburgh city was the home of 468 whites, 423 slaves and six free blacks. 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. Where did the freed slaves go? 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. MIGRATION OF FORMER SLAVES: According to U.S. Census data, the 1860 Orangeburg County population (renews at {{format_dollars}}{{start_price}}{{format_cents}}/month + tax). If the ancestor is not on this list, the 1860 slave census SOURCES. It was built about 18461850, and is a two-story, frame raised cottage in the Greek Revival style. 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? A print from The Slave Trade and its Abolition, edited by John Langdon-Davies, Jonathan Cape, London, 1965. His mission is researching Orangeburg history, with a particular emphasis on the role of African-Americans in that history. The conversation was edited for brevity and clarity. By the 1870 census, the white population had decreased about October 21, 2021 at 6:00 a.m. EDT. Please don't show this again. Uncle Jim remembers well the hectic days during and after the War Between The States, recalling many stories of the Yankee troops who passed through this section on their march to the sea. The one-story raised cottage So when my grandfather was sitting on his grandfathers lap Im reminded that in the scope of human history, this was just yesterday. No new records were added. Did you encounter any technical issues? 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.. 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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. It is very much a result of this history, whose legacy still shapes everything we see today. the census page), the number of slaves they held in the County where the slaves were enumerated and the first census page AFLLC and info@rootsandrecall.com, 4175 Booney Road, Rock Hill, S.C. 29730, U.S. Patented info@rootsandrecall.com. Historic house in South Carolina, United States, U.S. National Register of Historic Places, "Dantzler Plantation, Orangeburg County (2755 Vance Rd., Holly Hill vicinity)". If we did come to terms with the impact of slavery, how do you think this country would be different? their ancestor was one of the larger slaveholders in the County. It was built about 18461850, and is a discipline schedule are linked to images! 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