By the 1830s, southerners were convinced that slavery was a positive good and should be defended at all costs. Some of these former slaves The mill began operation in 1913 as Southern Paper Company. 1878 Dr. making this transcription, except for 100 year old female Lizzie, held by S. H. Legare on page 478B. A poster advertising a slave sale in 1863 in Frankfort, Kentucky. Learn more. Discovery Company. the source or at the time of the source, with African American being used otherwise. Upon seeing a Masonic emblem on the front door, they spared the house and its occupants. You have permission to edit this article. October 21, 2021 at 6:00 a.m. EDT. n In the North fork, 487 of the 1,309 whites owned slaves. term "slaveholder" rather than "slave owner", so that questions of justice and legality of claims of ownership need not be 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). S., 169 slaves, page 395, DANTZLER, Huddleston, 51 slaves, page 406B, WANNAMAKER, Jacob. It is very much a result of this history, whose legacy still shapes everything we see today. The following are varying descriptions of slave life events and some statistics in Orangeburg County: n In 1751, a gang of Indians that was going around killing horses and cattle abducted a slave boy from the house of John Geiger and threatened to kill his family. 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. The rest of the slaves in the County were held by a total I'm Jacqueline Dantzler Liddy, born in Sumter, SC. n In 1826, Moses Zeigler, a slave, applied and was granted a license to preach as a Methodist. The process of turning a person into a house servant or field hand was called 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. At that time, the spelling of this area was Orangeburgh.. [2][3], It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]. WebField Slaves: An OverviewThe disappearance of slavery in other parts of the country during the early national period did not inspire southerners to give up their peculiar institution. WebReconstructed slave house, Somerset Plantation. Using plantation names to locate ancestors The main block is connected at the rear to a 1 1/2-story Historic Dantzler Plantation - Orangeburg County, S.C. History of the National Register of Historic Places, property in Orangeburg County, South Carolina on the National Register of Historic Places, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dantzler_Plantation&oldid=1090872193, Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina, Houses in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, National Register of Historic Places in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, Lowcountry South Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs, Articles using NRISref without a reference number, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 31 May 2022, at 21:48. Re: Orangeburg Dantzler Slave Descendants. A print from The Slave Trade and its Abolition, edited by John Langdon-Davies, Jonathan Cape, London, 1965. 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 984 slaveholders, and those slaveholders have not been included here. 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. 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. Your book depicts your meetings with people who deny this history. Bethany Pace kneels at the simple stone monuments that mark the graves of slaves that were her kin, in Sweet Briar, Virginia, in 2015. The increasing costs associated with hosting, development and maintenance of the site are covered by a few passionate individuals. WebSlavery has been called Americas original sin, corrupting the culture and politics of the nation. There were certainly moments when I did feel angry. You can cancel at any time. 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 surname. SOURCES. task, but it is beyond the scope of this transcription. appreciated. WebDuring the 1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, enslaved individuals were recorded separately in what were called slave schedules. Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community. Dr. Dantzler was also known to treat both Confederate and Union soliders during the war. 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. Black people were worth more than every bank, factory, and railroad combined. 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. 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 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 were baptized. If we did come to terms with the impact of slavery, how do you think this country would be different? There is no other book on slavery quite like it. Any information is appreciated. Orangeburgh sent slaves from the third division. twenty-sixth in the United States. The process of publication of slaveholder names beginning with larger slaveholders will enable naming of the holders n In 1860, there were 1,069 slave owners; 33 of them owned more than 100 slaves. Hope demands active and proactive work. changes in county boundaries. slaveholder in each County. 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. WebDantzler Plantation: Holly Hill 74001851 Darby Plantation: Edgefield 71000776 Davis Plantation: Monticello 66000701 Drayton Hall: October 9, 1960: Charleston: Charleston: Excluding slaves, the 1860 U.S. population was 27,167,529, with about 1 in 70 being a It was built about 1846-1850, and is a two-story, frame raised cottage in the Greek Revival style. In 1850, the slave census was also separate from the free census, but in earlier years it was a part of the free n Slave ownership in the south was Joseph Pendarvis 41, George Robison 56, Elijah Wasden 71 and John Smith 75 slaves. later, the County was listed as having 27,367 whites, over a three fold increase from the 1860 total, while the 1960 total of In The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy, ed. n By 1850, Orangeburgh had become the leading cotton growing area in the state. Their leaders were tortured and beheaded, with their heads posted on stakes as a warning to other slaves. The Kullenbergs lovingly restored the house (, Number of acres 703 in 1846; 24.5 in 2007 (. Updates: During the 1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, enslaved individuals were recorded separately in what were called slave schedules. Estimates of the number of former slaves who used the surname of a former owner in 1870, By the 1870 census, the white population had decreased about A genuine curiosity was the governing force behind this book. Some participants were unaware of R&R.coms existence or its vast trove of maps, and genealogical links. Some of these former slaves may have been using the Typically slave labor on the plantation was divided into two broad categories: house servants and field hands. The house, constructed ca. The severed heads were ceramic sculptures a memorial to the largest slave rebellion in US history. According to The Historical Encyclopedia of World Slavery, in the section "Judaism in the Antebellum South" which begins at page 384:. The increasing costs associated with hosting, development and maintenance of the site are covered by a few passionate individuals. 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 2015-21, Carolina Historical Consulting, LLC. Following the holder list is a separate list of the surnames of MIGRATION OF FORMER SLAVES: According to U.S. Census data, the 1860 Orangeburg County population Im deeply invested in the subject matter of this book, which is why I spent four years writing it. 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. My grandfathers grandfather was enslaved. Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much You are the visitor to this page. They were intergenerational sites of torture and exploitation. 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 Hi, I'm a Dantzler descendant, assuredly a slave descendant. Yet by the mid-nineteenth century, cotton production was synonymous with slavery in the United States. From the moment Black folks arrives on these shores, they were fighting for liberation, Smith says. No relationships were shown between members of a household. WebThe house at Dantzler Plantation, constructed ca. 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. n In the 1860s, South Carolina proposed a law that would compel free blacks to select a master or leave the state. n In 1863, the state passed an act to organize and supply Negroes for the coast defense. Though the census schedules speak in terms of "slave owners", the transcriber has chosen to use the 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.. Marli E Weiner, a historian at the University of Maine, disagrees. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1850 Federal Census. census. n In the South fork, 259 of the 1,078 whites owned slaves. G., 41 slaves, page 438, MOORER, J. T.? The 1860 U.S. Census Slave Schedules for Orangeburg County, South Carolina (NARA microfilm series WebIn 1911, the Dantzler's began construction of a paper mill in Moss Point to make use of waste slabs from their sawmills. When too few of the Guanches were left alive from disease and overwork, African slaves were imported. n In 1866, Sarah Patterson, a former slave, joined the Presbyterian Church as a free woman. 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. Carolina, in 1860, is either non-existent or not readily available. 1846-1850, is a porticoed, two-story Greek Revival raised cottage of frame construction, set on a partially enclosed, brick pier foundation. U.S. of that County on which they were listed. _uacct = "UA-1070054-1"; Your generous donations allow us to continue to operate and grow R&R for this generation and many generations to come. We would recognize that the reasons why Americas economic, social and political dynamics exist in the way they do are not by accident. People find ways of doing evil things and convincing themselves that they arent evil and arent as bad as other people. The actual number of slaveholders may be slightly Then he drew closer; what he saw made him shudder. But early on they chose a different path, This traffic stop between a Black man and a White state trooper began with fear. The plantation house is still standing, however, no outbuildings survive. 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 Black people have taken that trauma and regularly turned it into art. recommended database that can found at http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census/ . Plantation names were not shown on the census. 41,181 "Negroes"was about two and a half times what the colored population had been 100 years before.) I believe that indigenous communities should have reparations for what theyve been subjected to. It should be Hope isnt passive. Sorry, you have Javascript Disabled! (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.". in the next census, in 1870, would have been reported with their full name, including surname. There was an investment across the country in the perpetuation of slavery. 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. 2023 Cable News Network. 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. M653, Roll 1236) reportedly includes a total of 16,583 slaves, ranking it the ninth highest County total in the State and the 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. these larger slaveholders, the data seems to show in general not many freed slaves in 1870 were using the surname of their Your email address will not be published. The term "County" is used to describe the main subdivisions of the State by which the census was enumerated. The life that they lived covered multifaceted conditions. What was the psychological impact on men who did that? 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. living in the southern States. WebDr. The planter aristocracy enlisted the support of nonslave-holding Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. To browse this image set, select from the options below. At the end of the Civil War, the blacks withdrew and formed Trinity Methodist. Thanks. such age enumerated, out of a total of 3,950,546 slaves. How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America., They grew up surrounded by racism. By the mid-16th century, African slavery predominated on the sugar plantations of Brazil. Slaves did more than just survive. County, accounting for 7.028 slaves, or 42% of the County total. the census page), the number of slaves they held in the County where the slaves were enumerated and the first census page We cannot disentangle our rise to global economic superiority from the fact that millions of people worked for free for more than two centuries. The full text of the nomination and additional photos are available at the SCDAH. Some participants were unaware of R&R.coms existence or its vast trove of maps, and genealogical links. in the same State or County. Photograph: Epics/Getty Images. WebHistorical Background. Listed in the National Register March 1, 2007. Your email address will not be published. To see this page as it is meant to appear, please enable your Javascript! 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? Please consider how you can help us continue our mission to preserve recollections, images and historical data across South Carolina and beyond. idea of the surname of the slaveholder, can check this list for the surname. The property includes a contributing oak allee and an entry gate. The official enumeration day of the 1850 census was June 1, 1850. Did you encounter any technical issues? 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 Late 1770s, Orangeburgh village had a cemetery that was used for all church denominations to include both blacks and the whites. microfilm can be viewed to find out whether the ancestor was a holder of a fewer number of slaves or not a slaveholder at The one-story raised cottage 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. He opened their eyes a couple of weeks ago to the map data [], Latitude: 33.6706031 Longitude: -80.8043263. Sign up for our newsletter to keep reading. 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