1850 REVEREND OWNS SLAVES. Rare South Carolina Reverend Slave Ownership Document Evangelist 198pp complete and separately published

198pp complete and separately published

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1850 REVEREND OWNS SLAVES. Rare South Carolina Reverend Slave Ownership Document Evangelist 198pp complete and separately publishedA very finely preserved c. 1850 document, likely a taxation inventory, records the inventory of several citizens from Laurensville, South Carolina. Among the pots, pans, cows, wood, etc., we find the only citizen on the roster to own a slave is the pastor, Reverend William Hitt of Laurensville, South Carolina. This is a classic example of one of the leading strategies of plantation owners of the 19th century in the south. They would often gift the