The lost freedmen's town of Hamburg, South Carolina / Michael S. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Michael S. (Author), author.

Series:

Lost

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ghost towns--South Carolina--Hamburg--History.

Ghost towns.

Hate crimes--South Carolina--Hamburg--History.

Hate crimes.

Hamburg (South Carolina)--Race relations--History.

Hamburg (South Carolina).

Hamburg (South Carolina)--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (157 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, South Carolina : The History Press, 2021.

Summary:

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 blood. Yet more than a century after Hamburg, the one white supremacist killed in the melee is canonized by the racially divisive Meriwether Monument in downtown North Augusta. Author Michael Smith details the amazing events that created this unique community with a lasting legacy.--From back cover.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgements

Prologue

1. Before Hamburg

2. Rise of Hamburg

3. Hamburg and the Railroad

4. Hamburg in Decline

5. Hamburg, Civil War and Reconstruction

6. Eve of a Massacre

7. Ned Tennant Riots

8. Double Murder in Edgefield

9. "This Is the Rut I Always Travel"

10. The Trial of Dock Adams

11. General Butler Arrives in Hamburg

12. Last Chance for Peace

13. The Hamburg Massacre

14. The Dead Ring

15. Aftermath of a Massacre

16. Democrats Dissolve Hamburg

17. Democrats Rise to Power

18. Fire, Floods and Disease

19. The Meriwether Monument

20. Marching Past the Massacre

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

About the Author.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781439672310

1439672318

OCLC:

1244628510