Welcome to the International African American Museum! Advanced timed tickets are required for all visitors. Popular dates and times may be sold out.
14 Wharfside StreetCharleston, SC 29401
Museum open 10am to 5pm (last entry 4:00 PM) Tuesday-Sunday. Closed Monday.
14 Wharfside Street — Charleston, SC 29401
Jan 11, 2024
In this short video, Megan Smolenyak discussed was to identify an enslaver. She covered slavery-related records as well as post-Emancipation records (e.g., Freedmen’s Records, Confederate Citizens Files, USCT Pension Applications, etc.) which provide Antebellum information about formerly enslaved people.
Megan also covered what she refers to as “hyper-local” slavery -related documents that were unique to a specific city, county, parish, etc.
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