This South Carolina sea island, which once flourished and folded under the bondage of slavery, is now a place where all races live and celebrate its rich heritage.
Today, James Island is a bustling community seven miles west of Charleston, South Carolina, but the island’s past wasn't always something you’d see on a billboard to entice you to visit. Beginning in the 18th century, James Island was the destination for hundreds of enslaved Africans who were tortured with unimaginable hardships while crossing the Atlantic Ocean. In James Island: Stories from Slave Descendants... Read More
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This South Carolina sea island, which once flourished and folded under the bondage of slavery, is now a place where all races live and celebrate its rich heritage.
Today, James Island is a bustling community seven miles west of Charleston, South Carolina, but the island’s past wasn't always something you’d see on a billboard to entice you to visit. Beginning in the 18th century, James Island was the destination for hundreds of enslaved Africans who were tortured with unimaginable hardships while crossing the Atlantic Ocean. In James Island: Stories from Slave Descendants... Read More
This South Carolina sea island, which once flourished and folded under the bondage of slavery, is now a place where all races live and celebrate its rich heritage.
Today, James Island is a bustling community seven miles west of Charleston, South Carolina, but the island’s past wasn't always something you’d see on a billboard to entice you to visit. Beginning in the 18th century, James Island was the destination for hundreds of enslaved Africans who were tortured with unimaginable hardships while crossing the Atlantic Ocean. In James Island: Stories from Slave Descendants, Eugene Frazier Sr. compiles narrative interviews from firsthand accounts with slaves and their descendants, as well as the descendants of plantation owners. The stories Frazier gathered give us a singular perspective on the lives of African Americans from 1732-1950, following the James Island community for more than 130 years of slavery to decades of sharecropping and farming while slavery’s long shadow survived in segregation. An excellent resource for historians, teachers or those interested in the journey from slavery to integration, James Island: Stories from Slave Descendantswill be an enlightening and meaningful addition to any library.
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Pages: 224
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Imprint: The History Press
Publication Date: 10th November 2006
State: South Carolina
ISBN: 9781596291829
Format: Paperback
BISACs: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery TRAVEL / Pictorials (see also PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional) PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials) HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Author Bio
Eugene Frazier Sr. is the author of two previous books: From Segregation to Integration: The Making of a Black Policeman and James Island: Stories from Slave Descendants. Eugene is a retired police lieutenant who served twenty-five years with the Charleston County Sheriff's Office and eight years with the U.S. Marshal Service. He served six years in the United States Army and was honorably discharged as a sergeant E-6. He is a member of the St. James Presbyterian Church on James Island. He is also a member of the organization to preserve and protect African American cemeteries on James Island. He is a thirty-second degree Mason and the present worshipful master of the Sons of Elijah Masonic Lodge #457.
This South Carolina sea island, which once flourished and folded under the bondage of slavery, is now a place where all races live and celebrate its rich heritage.
Today, James Island is a bustling community seven miles west of Charleston, South Carolina, but the island’s past wasn't always something you’d see on a billboard to entice you to visit. Beginning in the 18th century, James Island was the destination for hundreds of enslaved Africans who were tortured with unimaginable hardships while crossing the Atlantic Ocean. In James Island: Stories from Slave Descendants, Eugene Frazier Sr. compiles narrative interviews from firsthand accounts with slaves and their descendants, as well as the descendants of plantation owners. The stories Frazier gathered give us a singular perspective on the lives of African Americans from 1732-1950, following the James Island community for more than 130 years of slavery to decades of sharecropping and farming while slavery’s long shadow survived in segregation. An excellent resource for historians, teachers or those interested in the journey from slavery to integration, James Island: Stories from Slave Descendantswill be an enlightening and meaningful addition to any library.
Pages: 224
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Imprint: The History Press
Publication Date: 10th November 2006
State: South Carolina
ISBN: 9781596291829
Format: Paperback
BISACs: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery TRAVEL / Pictorials (see also PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional) PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials) HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Eugene Frazier Sr. is the author of two previous books: From Segregation to Integration: The Making of a Black Policeman and James Island: Stories from Slave Descendants. Eugene is a retired police lieutenant who served twenty-five years with the Charleston County Sheriff's Office and eight years with the U.S. Marshal Service. He served six years in the United States Army and was honorably discharged as a sergeant E-6. He is a member of the St. James Presbyterian Church on James Island. He is also a member of the organization to preserve and protect African American cemeteries on James Island. He is a thirty-second degree Mason and the present worshipful master of the Sons of Elijah Masonic Lodge #457.