The Magazine of Early American Datasets (MEAD)
Document Type
Dataset
File Format
xslx
Abstract
This database contains all of the manumissions filed in Charleston District from 1776-1800 contained in the Miscellaneous Records section of the South Carolina Department of Archives and History. After 1800, South Carolina changed its manumission laws (requiring court approval for manumission), causing the paperwork associated with them to be filed elsewhere (likely with the no longer extent records of the court of magistrates and freeholders.
For more information, see John Garrison Marks, "Race and Freedom in the African Americas: Free People of Color and Social Mobility in Cartagena and Charleston," PhD Dissertation (2016, Rice University).
Time Period: Start Date of Data Collection
2013
Time Period: End Date of Data Collection
2013
Time Period: Start Date of Data Coverage
1777
Time Period: End Date of Data Coverage
1802
Date of this Version
6-2018
Source(s)
South Carolina Department of Archives and Resources, Miscellaneous Records (Series S213003)
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Marks, John, "Manumissions Database, Charleston District, South Carolina (1776-1800)," 12/31/13 - 12/31/13. 34. Philadelphia, PA: McNeil Center for Early American Studies [distributor], 2018. https://repository.upenn.edu
Included in
African American Studies Commons, American Studies Commons, Ethnic Studies Commons, History Commons
Article Location
Date Posted: 12 June 2019
Comments
This database contains all of the manumissions filed in Charleston District from 1776-1800 contained in the Miscellaneous Records section of the South Carolina Department of Archives and History. After 1800, South Carolina changed its manumission laws (requiring court approval for manumission), causing the paperwork associated with them to be filed elsewhere (likely with the no longer extent records of the court of magistrates and freeholders.
For more information, see John Garrison Marks, "Race and Freedom in the African Americas: Free People of Color and Social Mobility in Cartagena and Charleston," PhD Dissertation (2016, Rice University).