UPSTATE S.C. BLACK

HERITAGE RESEARCHING

 

Effective: 23-May-2012      

 

 

Ten Unidentified American Born Slave Children

 

African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, and formerly as American Negroes) are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of Enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States. Most African Americans are of West African descent. However, some immigrants from African, Caribbean, Central American or South American nations, or their descendants, may also self-identify with the term.

African-American history starts in the 16th century with African Slaves who quickly rose up against the Spanish explorer Lucas Vásquez de Ayllón and progresses to the present day, when Barack Obama has been elected as the 44th and current President of the United States. Between those landmarks there were other events and issues, both resolved and ongoing, that were faced by African Americans. Some of these were slavery, reconstruction, development of the African-American community, participation in the great military conflicts of the United States, racial segregation, and the Civil Rights Movement.

A South Carolina African American History Monument chronicling the experiences of African Americans in South Carolina now stands on the grounds of the State House in Columbia. The bronze and granite sculpture was dedicated in March 2001 and includes 12 panels that depict milestones in South Carolina African American history. The monument tells a story from the beginning of enslavement to the Middle Passage to Emancipation Proclamation to the Civil Rights era to the great achievements of South Carolina’s African Americans in various professions.

 

This project is not designed to be a All-in-One Portal.  It's concept is to let Black researchers know what resources are available in the Upstate of SC.  Nothing is copyrighted and you can use any of the project's content as you see fit.                                                                                                                   Paul M. Kankula - NN8NN