This is the final post in my series of three on the connection of my father’s family to slavery —a 110-year legacy— and my search for African American descendants whose ancestors toiled on my family’s plantations in South Carolina. This…
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Linked Through Slavery–The Last Furman Slave Owner
Tagged with: 1830s-1870s, Abraham "Able" Taylor, African Americans, Ancestors, Anderson Bates, Carrie Anderson, Chaila Dankins, Charles Manning Furman, Cherrydale, Civil War, Dora Bates Owens, Ed Ownens, Ella Harriet Batles, Emma Furman, Essie Bates Perrin, Fairfield County, Furman University, George Furman, Greenville SC, Henry J. Furman, Herbert Perrin, I.K. Furman, J>K> Furman, James C. Furman, James Fisher, James Furman, James Montgomery, James Taylor, John Furman, Lewis Evans, Liddie Bates, Lydia Saunders Taylor, Maria A Furman, Marshall Bates, Nat Bates, Prince Taylor, Providence, Ria Bates, Richard Furman, Samual Furman, Sharon Morgan, Smith Bates, Sumter County, Thomas Bates, Thomas F. Furman, Trina Roach, Viola Furman, William Furman, Willie Bates, Winnie Bates
Posted in Ancestry, Connecting Across Families, Contemporary (1970- present), Cooperation: Assistance, Discovery & Personal Reactions, Enslaved People, Historic Harms, Racism
Posted in Ancestry, Connecting Across Families, Contemporary (1970- present), Cooperation: Assistance, Discovery & Personal Reactions, Enslaved People, Historic Harms, Racism
The Furman Slave Legacy Continues
In my previous post about the Furman family’s slave legacy, I wrote about my first ancestor in South Carolina, Wood Furman, and his connection to slavery. In this post, I write about Wood Furman’s son, Richard Furman (my sixth great…
Tagged with: Alester G. Furman Jr., Charleston, Denmark Vesey, Exposition of The Views of the Baptists Relative To The Coloured Population of the United States In a Communication To The Governor of South Carolina, First Baptist Church, Furman University, James A. Rogers, James C. Furman, paternalism, Prince Taylor, pro-slavery arguments, Richard Furman, Samuel Furman, Sarah Haynsworth, Trina Roach, William Gilmore Simms, Wood Furman
Posted in Racism
Posted in Racism
Looking for Links: First Steps
Introduction This is the first of three posts about my initial efforts to identify linked descendants connected to my slave-owning ancestors on my father’s side of the family in South Carolina. These ancestors are Wood Furman (1712 – 1783), Richard…
Tagged with: Furman University, Glasgow, James C. Furman, Jinny, Moll, Richard Furman, Sirrah, South Carolina, Wood Furman
Posted in Ancestry, Coercion, Punishment & Sale, Colonial (Before 1770s), Discovery & Personal Reactions, Enslaved People, Historic Harms, Legacies, Linked Descendants, North America, Plantations, Racism, Slave Trader, Slaveholders, Slaveholding (1780 -1865), Slavery
Posted in Ancestry, Coercion, Punishment & Sale, Colonial (Before 1770s), Discovery & Personal Reactions, Enslaved People, Historic Harms, Legacies, Linked Descendants, North America, Plantations, Racism, Slave Trader, Slaveholders, Slaveholding (1780 -1865), Slavery
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