400 Slaves Freed from the Washo, Cape and Oak Grove Plantations of Arthur Middleton Blake, Charleston, South Carolina shared by Footnote.com

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Permalink Reply by Rhonda A Reid on September 3, 2009 at 9:12pm

Can you locate the list of slaves from the Belle Rive plantation in Georgetown, South Carolina? The slaveholders name was John Harelston Read and in 1860 he was on the listed as one out of 16 of the largest slaveholders in America. He had over 500 slaves on his plantation.

Permalink Reply by Toni Carrier on September 6, 2009 at 8:19pm

Hi Rhonda,
It looks like we have J. Harleston Read's Mauricina, Harmony and Maryville plantations, but not Belle Rive, on our Africana Heritage Project website:

http://www.africanaheritage.com/Contracts_Georgetown.asp

We will keep an eye out for Belle Rive...

Best and Peace,
Toni

Permalink Reply by Rhonda A Reid on September 22, 2009 at 9:09am

Thank you for your help