The Lost Freedmen's Town of Hamburg, South Carolina
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Hamburg is perhaps South Carolina's most famous ghost town. Founded in 1821, it grew to four thousand residents before transportation advances led to decline. During Reconstruction, recently freed slaves reshaped Hamburg into a freedmen's village, where residents held local, county and state offices. These gains were wiped away after the Hamburg Massacre in 1876, a watershed event that left seven African Americans dead, most of them executed in cold...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1467148555
ISBN13:9781467148559
Release Date:April 2021
Publisher:History Press
Length:176 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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