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William Ellison, Jr. Plantation

JohnEReb
I post this as interesting, historical information. From the publication AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORICAL PLACES IN SOUTH CAROLINA by the South Carolina Department of Archives and History.

"This publication provides information on properties in South Carolina that are listed in the National Register of Historic Places or have been recognized with South Carolina Historical Markers as of May 2015 and have important associations with African American history."


On page 85 is the Ellison House. Bold emphasis mine.

S.C. Highway 261, Stateburg. This house, which was built c. 1816, was purchased in 1838 by William Ellison, a free African American. Ellison became a successful plantation owner. He owned and operated a cotton gin and owned almost fifty slaves. His house is included in the Stateburg Historic District.

From the FIND A GRAVE website about Ellison.


"When War Between the States broke out in 1861, William Ellison, Jr. was one of the staunchest supporters of the Confederacy. His grandson joined a Confederate Artillery Unit, and William turned his plantation over from cotton cash crop production to farming foodstuff for the Confederacy.

"William Ellison, Jr. died on 5 December 1861, at the age of 71 and per his wishes, his family continued to actively support the Confederacy throughout the war. Aside from producing corn, fodder, bacon, corn shucks, and cotton for the Confederate Army, they contributed vast amounts of money, paid $5000 in taxes, and invested a good portion of their fortune into Confederate Bonds which were worthless at the end of the war."




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  • mogley98
    Interesting not well known I bet but even more so that 171 Blacks owned slaves at that time in South Carolina according to the census. It was of course wrong to own a human being but it was, at the time the way things were. 
    I did some genealogy research and my Moms Great Grandfather owned 1 slave, Ellison was clearly way better off!
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  • US Military Guy
    JohnEReb said:
    . . .  South Carolina Historical Markers . . .
    . . . Ellison House . . .
    . . . purchased in 1838 by William Ellison . . .
    . . . owned almost fifty slaves. His house is included in the Stateburg Historic District. . . .


    Odd that the article does not mention the schedule to "BURN IT DOWN!!!!!!!!"


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  • medic07
    C. Richards and her son lived in New Orleans.  Black widowed woman who in 1860 owned 152 slaves.
    But if you bring up this aspect of slavery or that black men volunteered and served in the Confederate Army, you are shouted down and called a racist.

    Revisionists want to only look at one aspect of history...the one they wish to erase.
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