Before 1865
Photo Credit: Slave Cabin at Rock Hill (Later called Connemara), Courtesy of the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
Before 1865
Overview of Slavery in Henderson County
The first report of an African American in Henderson County is from 1790. The number of slaves grew to 1,382 ...
Slave Owners in Henderson County
The largest slave owners were South Carolinians who summered in Flat Rock. Most slave owners had just one or two ...
Slaves in Clear Creek
William Mills, an early white settler who lived near Clear Creek, owned 20 slaves in 1800. Court records show that ...
Edneyville
Black families in Edneyville have farmed in the area since before the Civil War. http://hendersonheritage.com/black-history-in-edneyville/ ...
Edwards Family in Flat Rock
Venus and Caesar Edwards were freed slaves from South Carolina who settled in Flat Rock and helped to found Mud ...
Slave Cemeteries in Clear Creek
Two slave cemeteries, with graves marked by elongated fieldstones, have been located around Clear Creek. Slaves were sometimes buried at ...
Carl Sandburg Home
Enslaved people built much of the original Carl Sandburg Home before the Civil War. https://www.blueridgenow.com/story/news/2021/02/26/highlighting-forgotten-slaves-built-present-day-sandburg-home-staff-uncover-their-stories/6804747002/ ...
Mill Pond and Free Blacks
Mill Pond and Free Blacks Some black residents who are having difficulties tracing their family to the period before the ...
Black Lives and Whitened Stories
An extensive new look at the lives of African Americans who worked at Rock Hill/Connemara and the White families who ...
