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: 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, Sharon Morgan, Smith Bates, Sumter County, Thomas Bates, Thomas F. Furman, Trina Roach, Viola Furman, William Furman, Willie Bates, Winnie Bates
Posted in Finding documents & doing research, History & culture: people, places & events, Linked Descendants, Slavery & its legacies
Posted in Finding documents & doing research, History & culture: people, places & events, Linked Descendants, Slavery & its legacies
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, 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
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Posted in Finding documents & doing research, Linked Descendants
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: Coercion, Enslaved People, Furman University, Glasgow, James C. Furman, Jinny, Moll, North America, plantations, Punishment & Sale, Richard Furman, Sirrah, Slave Trader, Slaveholders, Slaveholding (1780 -1865), Slavery, South Carolina, Wood Furman
Posted in Finding documents & doing research, Healing, repair & action, History & culture: people, places & events, Linked Descendants
Posted in Finding documents & doing research, Healing, repair & action, History & culture: people, places & events, Linked Descendants
