The conversation was edited for brevity and clarity. Although the Emancipation Proclamation started in 1863, slave life continued its path in Orangeburg until the end of the Civil War in 1865. Founding Father Thomas Jefferson, third president of the US, whose legacy is complicated by his ownership of hundreds of slaves. 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. 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. The four million Black people were worth more than all the manufacturing in this country before the Civil War began. [8] 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. Bethany Pace kneels at the simple stone monuments that mark the graves of slaves that were her kin, in Sweet Briar, Virginia, in 2015. Black people were worth more than every bank, factory, and railroad combined. October 21, 2021 at 6:00 a.m. EDT. Though the census schedules speak in terms of "slave owners", the transcriber has chosen to use the When people talk about what makes America exceptional, what made us so economically powerful, they often talk about American ingenuity, can-do spirit, and people like John D. Rockefeller. He opened their eyes a couple of weeks ago to the map data []. Then they heard from them again. People find ways of doing evil things and convincing themselves that they arent evil and arent as bad as other people. Researchers seeking information about slave owners may find slave schedules useful because of the specific information they provide about slave owners holdings. To see this page as it is meant to appear, please enable your Javascript! and Counties, return to Home and Links Page. A Warner Bros. All Rights Reserved. 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. WebDuring the 1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, enslaved individuals were recorded separately in what were called slave schedules. Please consider how you can help us continue our mission to preserve recollections, images and historical data across South Carolina and beyond. later, the County was listed as having 27,367 whites, over a three fold increase from the 1860 total, while the 1960 total of Published information giving names of slaveholders and numbers of slaves held in Orangeburg County, South 3,950,546 unnamed slaves, or an average of about ten slaves per holder. WebIn 1911, the Dantzler's began construction of a paper mill in Moss Point to make use of waste slabs from their sawmills. This memorial by Woodrow Nash at the Whitney Plantation commemorates an 1811 slave uprising after which its leaders were beheaded. How did they do that? Excluding slaves, the 1860 U.S. population was 27,167,529, with about 1 in 70 being a I've already donated. You are the visitor to this page. 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. We cannot disentangle our rise to global economic superiority from the fact that millions of people worked for free for more than two centuries. n In 1865, the Orangeburgh Methodist Church had a substantial number of slave members. 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. Slave Schedules were population schedules used in two U.S. Federal Censuses: The 1850 U.S. Federal Census and the 1860 U.S. Federal Census. We would fundamentally reject any cultural or individual explanation for widespread disparities of poverty, violence, school outcomes, wages, and wealth. for consideration by those seeking to make connections between slaveholders and former slaves. Historic Dantzler Plantation - Orangeburg County, S.C. 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How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America., They grew up surrounded by racism. 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. Charleston County saw an increase in colored population of almost two thirds between 1860 He opened their eyes a couple of weeks ago to the map data [], Latitude: 33.6706031 Longitude: -80.8043263. My orientation for this book was one of curiosity. 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. Smith explores slaverys impact on the present as much as on the past. If we did come to terms with the impact of slavery, how do you think this country would be different? included 8,108 whites, 205 "free colored" and 16,583 slaves. 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. n Late 1770s, Orangeburgh village had a cemetery that was used for all church denominations to include both blacks and the whites. lower because some large holders held slaves in more than one County and they would have been counted as a separate In 1850, the slave census was also separate from the free census, but in earlier years it was a part of the free During the 1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, enslaved individuals were recorded separately in what were called slave schedules. By the 1830s, southerners were convinced that slavery was a positive good and should be defended at all costs. It says "a few" Jews owned plantations WebThere were slave cowboys in Texas, slaves working in the California gold fields, slaves with the Mormon migration and slave servants in Oregon. AFLLC and info@rootsandrecall.com, 4175 Booney Road, Rock Hill, S.C. 29730, U.S. Patented info@rootsandrecall.com. Linking names of plantations in this County with the names of the large holders on this list should not be a difficult research Please note that this collection contains sensitive information about enslaved people. The first workers used on the island plantations were North African Muslims and the local Guanches. We are surely descended from the Orangeburg Dantzler's. Some of these former slaves may have been using the 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? 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. Instead, the plantation displayed statuettes of impoverished, emaciated Black children. For the most part, North Carolina slaves resisted the power of their masters by individual and collective actions that made their Click on the highlighted category to be directed to that specific category. 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. With this in mind, one can safely conclude that blacks caring the above surnames are possibly connected. FORMER SLAVES. colored persons from Orangeburg County, included the following: Georgia, up 80,000 (17%); Texas, up 70,000 (38%); Your book depicts your meetings with people who deny this history. census, then making the link to finding that ancestor as a slave requires advanced research techniques involving all of large farms must have resulted in lots of duplication of plantation names. 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. If the surname is not on this list, the microfilm Some of the prominent family names were Russell, Thomson, McCord, Rump, Shuler, Zimmerman, Rickenbacker, Amaker, Keller, Zeigler, Staley Heatly, Hart, Darby and Hayne. Those things arent mutually exclusive. The paper mill closed in 2001. Orangeburgh sent slaves from the third division. Some participants were unaware of R&R.coms existence or its vast trove of maps, and genealogical links. In terms of hope, so many activists and writers that came before me say that hope is a discipline. The scene is one of many searing Descriptions of their circumstances would vary from plantation to plantation and owner to owner. America has a lot of accounting to do for what it has done to different groups of people. 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. 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. M653, Roll 1236) reportedly includes a total of 16,583 slaves, ranking it the ninth highest County total in the State and the Claim: A circulating list of nine historical "facts" about slavery accurately details the participation of non-whites in slave ownership and trade in America. W.?, 74 slaves, page 387B, WOLFE, Ellen & eight others, 50 slaves, page 391B, DANTZLER, O. M., & one other, 102 slaves, page 393B, MCCORD, Mrs. L.? A portrait of Civil War-era fugitive slaves who were emancipated upon reaching the North in the mid-1860s. I dont operate under any pretense of objectivity. WebDr. See other South Carolina Historic Houses. 2. WebDantzler Plantation: Holly Hill 74001851 Darby Plantation: Edgefield 71000776 Davis Plantation: Monticello 66000701 Drayton Hall: October 9, 1960: Charleston: Charleston: Learn more. Yet by the mid-nineteenth century, cotton production was synonymous with slavery in the United States. Where did the freed slaves go? _uacct = "UA-1070054-1"; (renews at {{format_dollars}}{{start_price}}{{format_cents}}/month + tax). Boone Hall Plantation in Charleston, S.C. (iStock) Article. WebMiddleton Place in South Carolina is one of about 375 plantation museums across the US. checked also. FORMAT. TERMINOLOGY. According to The Historical Encyclopedia of World Slavery, in the section "Judaism in the Antebellum South" which begins at page 384:. We see this most famously through Thomas Jefferson. 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules, Provided in association with National Archives and Records Administration. The 1860 U.S. Census was the last U.S. census showing slaves and slaveholders. The house, constructed ca. The term "County" is used to describe the main subdivisions of the State by which the census was enumerated. The site is now a museum. By the early 1800s, the economies of northern and southern states had clearly His mother who died more than 50 years ago was a slave on a plantation near Bowman. their ancestor was one of the larger slaveholders in the County. 703 Junaluska RD Boone, NC 28607 (828) 773-6525. WebThe house at Dantzler Plantation, constructed ca. Estimates of the number of former slaves who used the surname of a former owner in 1870, The census shows no subdivisions within the County. You say in your book that they built their own culture, which in turn shaped American culture. Its that simple. Anti-Black racism manifested through slavery is one of the worst things this country has ever done, alongside Native American genocide. Plantation names were not shown on the census. of the most slaves with the least amount of transcription work. 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? It 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 She was the daughter of someone born into intergenerational, chattel slavery. n The South fork of the Edisto included 5,681 whites and 1,402 slaves. 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? 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. WebPlantation slaves were punished for a number of infractions, including being late, not working quickly enough, and running away. Others tell him there was no such a thing as a good slave master. 1:27 PM EDT, Sat October 2, 2021, Public slave auction, 1965. Black people have taken that trauma and regularly turned it into art. Are you okay with people using the word plantation, or would you prefer another term? significant increases in colored population during that time, and were therefore more likely possible places of relocation for Your generous donations allow us to continue to operate and grow R&R for this generation and many generations to come. Dantzler was also known to treat both Confederate and Union soliders during the war. Richard Reid is president of the Orangeburg Historical and Genealogical Society. The life that they lived covered multifaceted conditions. In any event, the slave schedules almost never conclusively connect a specific enslaved individual with a particular slave owner. 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. Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community. There is no other book on slavery quite like it. In spite of that, Black people created the music, the food, the culture that has shaped not only American society but global society. It would give a sense of why racial inequality looks the way it does today. This transcription lists the names of those largest slaveholders in the County (actually shown as "District" on 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 Updates: n In 1831, a slave named Myers was expelled from the Methodist Church. 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. 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. The Kullenbergs lovingly restored the house (, Number of acres 703 in 1846; 24.5 in 2007 (. n Slave ownership in the north was William Bull 92, Alexander Gillon 106, Samuel Gourdin 126 and William Thomson 154. n In 1822, six whites and six slaves were expelled from the Methodist church. The planter aristocracy enlisted the support of nonslave-holding obtainable records of the holder. 26 Jan 2023: Changes were made to improve the performance of this collection. From the moment Black folks arrives on these shores, they were fighting for liberation, Smith says. Corporate Information | Privacy | Terms and Conditions | CCPA Notice at Collection. Im deeply invested in the subject matter of this book, which is why I spent four years writing it. There were certainly moments when I did feel angry. No other South Carolina County showed such a significant increase. Crews remove a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on September 8, 2021, on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia. 1860 should be checked, as almost 11% of African Americans were enumerated as free in 1860, with about half of those 1878 Dr. Census data on African Americans in the 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. 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 Some of these former slaves WebThough a planter by profession in the Orangeburg district, Olin Dantzler served his state and country both politically and militarily. WebHistorical Background. The rest of the slaves in the County were held by a total WebDantzler Plantation, also known as Crutchfield House, was built in 1850 and is the oldest residence standing within the town limits of St. Matthews. All Rights Reserved. Your email address will not be published. The main block is connected at the rear to a 1 1/2-story Why are you trying to make me feel guilty for something I didnt do?. Smith also visits such landmarks as Thomas Jeffersons Monticello plantation in Virginia and Goree Island in Senegal, a notorious slave-trading center. WebDantzler Plantation, also known as Four Hole Plantation House and SunnySide House, is a historic plantation house located near Holly Hill, Orangeburg County, South Carolina. In The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy, ed. Along the way he speaks with tour guides, descendants of slaves, tourists and even members of a neo-Confederate group who tell him that slavery wasnt the main cause of the Civil War. recommended database that can found at http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census/ . At that time, the spelling of this area was Orangeburgh.. WebThe Dantzler Plantation House is significant as an outstanding local example of mid-nineteenth-century Greek Revival architecture with various later alterations and additions By the 1870 census, the white population had decreased about WebThis memorial by Woodrow Nash at the Whitney Plantation commemorates an 1811 slave uprising after which its leaders were beheaded. It is possible to locate a free person on the Orangeburg slaveholder. census. 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 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. n In the South fork, 259 of the 1,078 whites owned slaves. The transcriber did not notice any such slaves in the course of We would recognize that the reasons why Americas economic, social and political dynamics exist in the way they do are not by accident. 1860 slaveholder. n The 1790 census reported 12,582 whites and 5,931 slaves. 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. 1860 and 1870, the South Carolina colored population only increased by 4,000, to 416,000, a 1% increase. of that County on which they were listed. n During the Revolutionary War, Capt. They were, in effect, selling their own children off into slavery. 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. all. 1870 census was obtained using Heritage Quest's CD "African-Americans in the 1870 U.S. Federal Census", available The official enumeration day of the 1850 census was June 1, 1850. SOURCES. Discovery Company. (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.". microfilm can be viewed to find out whether the ancestor was a holder of a fewer number of slaves or not a slaveholder at You can cancel at any time. interpretation questions and inconsistent counting and page numbering methods used by the census enumerators, interested And that he can carry on a relationship, to the extent it can be called a relationship, with Sally Hemings for over 40 years and believe it to be consensual when it is impossible for there to be any semblance of consent when she is his human property. Slaves did more than just survive. The actual number of slaveholders may be slightly n In the late 1770s, a slave killed the wife and child of his master, then dressed up in a military uniform and paraded around the countryside until he was apprehended and subsequently killed. 25,000 (127%); and Kansas up from 265 to 17,000 (6,400%). Plantation is fine, as long as were clear what they were. Uncle Jim remembers the early days on his fathers farm near Bowman when he worked from sun up til sun down.. It happened centuries ago. I believe that indigenous communities should have reparations for what theyve been subjected to. 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.. G., 41 slaves, page 438, MOORER, J. T.? Deedee is the great-great-grand niece of Dr. Lewis Dantzler. 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. task, but it is beyond the scope of this transcription. It is very much a result of this history, whose legacy still shapes everything we see today. 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. The information on surname matches of 1870 African Americans and 1860 slaveholders is intended merely to provide data n In 1790, 746 whites had slaves working their fields. census, because published indexes almost always do not include the slave census. 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. Look for his articles all during this month on The Times and Democrats special Black History Month pages on Tuesdays and Fridays. Did you encounter any technical issues? The increasing costs associated with hosting, development and maintenance of the site are covered by a few passionate individuals. The plantations harrowing centerpiece, though, was what made Smith stop in his tracks. At first, Clint Smith had trouble making out the objects beside a white picket fence in the distance. The increasing costs associated with hosting, development and maintenance of the site are covered by a few passionate individuals. Enslaved laborers hand-hewed the sills and studs of the house from local oaks and made bricks for the fireplaces. n Slaves worshiped in the balcony of the white churches. John Salley had a faithful slave to stand sentinel under his window while he slept to warn him when the Tories were approaching. in the next census, in 1870, would have been reported with their full name, including surname. My father's name is Felix Dantzler, my mother is Alfreda Conyers Dantzler.I am one of four children born to them.The others are Felicia Dantzler Hope, Felix Dantzler Jr. and Theresa Charone Dantzler Johnson.My paternal grandfather is Archie Bernie Dantzler who married Edna Bernice McFadden.My grandfather's father is Pendant Dantzler of Orangeburg, SC. n In the North fork, 487 of the 1,309 whites owned slaves. WebHouse Slaves: An OverviewHouse slave was a term used to refer to those enslaved Africans relegated to performing domestic work on American slave plantations. They were whipped, tortured, mutilated, and Then he drew closer; what he saw made him shudder. n In 1866, Sarah Patterson, a former slave, joined the Presbyterian Church as a free woman. In South Carolina in 1860 there were 482 farms The scene is one of many searing moments Smith captures in his New York Times bestseller, How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America.. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1850 United States Federal Census, the Seventh Census of the United States. appreciated. twenty-sixth in the United States. these larger slaveholders, the data seems to show in general not many freed slaves in 1870 were using the surname of their People had ways of justifying it to themselves. 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