The Library’s collections are excellent for researching the origins of African-American families in this country from before the Civil War era down to the present time. They encompass both historical and genealogical data, with the richest material information on South Carolina and our Low Country region; however some items, such as census data it encompasses the entire country. Because such a large portion of the African-American population in America traces its roots back to the Low Country region, our Library’s resources will be of interest to many people. The African-American Experience in South Carolina The library has collected in a single volume a selection of published papers that provide historical information on the beginnings of the African American population in South Carolina. These articles may be a useful starting point in searching for the origins of the populations, demographics over the years, and various events that shaped their lives in South Carolina. Slave Demography in The Low Country, 1670-1740: From Frontier Society To Plantation Regime. Russell R. Menard, The South Carolina Historical Magazine, October 1995, 280-303 and July 2000, 190-213. The Slave Trade to Colonial South Carolina: A Profile, Daniel C. Littlefield, The South Carolina Historical Magazine, April 1990, 68-99, and April 2000, 110-141. The Slave Trade Into South Carolina Before the Revolution, Elizabeth Donnan. American Historical Review, XXXIII, July 1928. The White Indented Servants of South Carolina: Theo. D. Jervey, The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, October 1911, Vol. XII, No. 4. Charles Cotesworth Pickney’s Plantation Diary- April 6-December 15, 1818, edited by J.H.Easterby. The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, October 1940, Vol. XLI, 135-150. Jumping Over The Broomstick: Resources for Documenting Slave “Marriages”. The National Historical Magazine, September 2003, 196-216. “The Remarkable Misses Rollin”: Black Women in Reconstruction In South Carolina by Willard B. Gatewood, Jr. The South Carolina Historical Magazine, July 1991,172-188. Blacks and the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition by William D. Smyth. The South Carolina Historical Magazine, October 1987, 211-219. Racial Violence During Reconstruction: The 1876 Riots in Charleston and Cainhoy. The South Carolina Historical Magazine, April 1985, 100-112. The Rice Driver: His Role in Slave Management. The South Carolina Historical Magazine, October 1981, 331-353. Economic Changes in St. Helena’s Parish, 1860-1870. The South Carolina Historical Magazine, January 1949, 1-13. The Free Negro and the South Carolina Courts, 1790-1860. The South Carolina Historical Magazine, July 1967, 140-153. National Policy Toward the Use of Black Troops in the Revolution. The South Carolina Historical Magazine, January 1972, 1-17. Free Black Owners of Slaves: A Reappraisal of the Woodson Thesis by R. Halliburton, Jr. The South Carolina Historical Magazine, July 1975, 129-142. The 1867 Charleston Streetcar Sit-ins: A Case of Successful Black Protest. The South Carolina Historical Magazine, April 1976, 110-114. Generation and Gender as Reflected in Carolina Slave Naming Practices: A Challenge to the Gutman Thesis. The South Carolina Historical Magazine, October 1993, 252-263. The South Carolina Negro in the American Revolution, 1775-1783. The South Carolina Historical Magazine, April 1978, 75-86. Sickle Cell Anemia as a Community and Public Health Issue: South Carolina, 1971-1981. The South Carolina Historical Magazine, July 1993, 193-209. The South Carolina Slave Laws Reconsidered, 1670-1700. The South Carolina Historical Magazine, April 1993, 86-101. A Comment on “The Slave Trade to Colonial South Carolina: A Profile”. The South Carolina Historical Magazine, January 1994, 47-57. Community Evolution and Race Relations in Reconstruction Charleston, South Carolina. The South Carolina Historical Magazine, January 1994, 27-46. Slave Independence and Enterprise in South Carolina, 1780-1865. The South Carolina Historical Magazine, April 1992, 101-125. The Hidden History of Slave Trading in Antebellum South Carolina: John Springs111 and other “Gentlemen dealing in Slaves”. The South Carolina Historical Magazine, January 1996, 6-29. “Moral Marriage”: A mixed-race relationship in the nineteenth-century Charleston, South Carolina. The South Carolina Historical Magazine, July, 1996,206-226. African-Americans in the American Revolution. The Role of Black Soldiers in the American and British Armies. By John E. Earnest, Genealogist, Sons of the American Revolution (Seattle Chapter). Complete with 161 reference citations as notes and a biographical sketch of the author. From the Federation of Genealogical Societies publication “Forum” issue for Fall, 2004.
