The Lost Freedmen's Town of Hamburg, South Carolina / Michael S. Smith.

The Lost Freedmen's Town of Hamburg, South Carolina /

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 sta...

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Main Author: Smith, Michael S. (Author) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : Charleston, SC : Arcadia Publishing Inc. ; The History Press, 2021.
Series:[Lost]
Subjects:
Ghost towns > South Carolina > Hamburg > History.
Hate crimes > South Carolina > Hamburg > History.
Hamburg (S.C.) > History.
Hamburg (S.C.) > Race relations > History.
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