Рет қаралды 12,157
Driven by labor demands from new cotton plantations in the Deep South, the northern slave states sold over a million enslaved people who were taken to the Deep South in a forced migration. The total population of enslaved people in the South eventually reached four million.
February is African-American history month. Some may ask “Why celebrate African-American history, isn’t that American history?” Absolutely, but unfortunately for hundreds of years, much of the history related to those of African descent was either totally ignored or misrepresented. South Carolina plays a major role in this more inclusive look at American history,
A search for records of an enslaved person will be much more difficult if you do not know at least two of the following:
the name of the enslaved person and the slave owner, including possible variations in spelling - bear in mind that not all enslaved people had surnames
where they lived, including the parish if possible
as much information as possible about dates of births, marriages and deaths