Ellison family papers, 1845-1870.

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Ellison family papers, 1845-1870.

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Family letters, bills, and receipts of this family of free African Americans living in Sumter District, S.C.; includes 13 letters, 1859-1860, from James M. Johnson in Charleston, to Henry Ellison discussing politics, secession, and social conditions for free blacks in Charleston. Annotated documentary edition of these papers published as: No Chariot Let Down : Charleston's Free People of Color on the Eve of the Civil War (1984).

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Ellison, William, 1790-

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Ellison family.

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Family of free African American planters living in Stateburg (Sumter District, S.C.); William Ellison was a free African American planter of Sumter District, S.C.; born, 1790; died, 5 Dec. 1861; original name: April Ellison; legally changed name to William Ellison, 20 June 1820. From the description of Ellison family papers, 1845-1870. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 706130902 ...

Johnson, James Marsh

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