Black and white workers form the Longshoreman's Protective Union Association. The hard times associated with the slave regime did not end with emancipation for the states freedmen and freedwomen, but the family and community bonds forged during slavery proved invaluable assets during the Reconstruction era. During the antebellum era the majority of slaves lived on plantations claiming more than twenty slaves, while the majority of slaveholders owned far fewer than twenty slaves. The most extreme form of resistance, open revolt, was not common in antebellum South Carolina, but slave violence against whites was a common occurrence, despite the fact that slaves convicted of committing such acts faced extreme punishments ranging from death to severe whipping. By the 1850s, laborers in the growing number of tobacco factories of Richmond, Petersburg, Lynchburg, and Danville were "almost exclusively" slaves. Efforts by the English to grow rice fail. However, two house servants tell their masters before the planned date. miles and a water area of 0 sq. Koger, Larry. [Report Broken Link] 1860 Federal Census - Slave Schedule Surname Matches with 1870 Census. This arrangement provided both physical and to some extent psychological distance between masters and slaves, allowing slaves some autonomy once the workday was over, a luxury that was often denied house servants and those living on small farms. Governor of the state, who alerts white authorities before the group has time to grow into an overwhelming force. South Carolina SC Black History SC Slavery America's First African Slaves Came to South Carolina In August 1619, "20. and odd Negroes" were captured - twice - and carried to the coast of Virginia. All white students and faculty leave, but the school remains open with the help of white faculty from the North. 81-98. 2, No. These informal customs were recognized by masters who wanted to keep slaves as productive as possible. For Civil War history buffs, there are over 2200 Civil War graves there, and some monuments. The demographic disproportion continued. White Democrats use the Eight Ballot Box law to disenfranchise African-American voters and pass laws to allow white registrars to strike African-Americans from the voting registration lists. Lowcountry South Carolina was distinguished by the task system of labor organization, which allowed slaves time to work for themselves after completion of their daily assignments and permitted some to accumulate property. Between 2019 and 2020 the population of Lynchburg, SC grew from 375 to 430, a 14.7% increase and its median household income grew from $22,625 to $38,170, a 68.7% increase. Race mixture occurred in every colony where people of different races met. The school survives as the Penn Center, serving as a conference center for the civil rights movement and a center for self-help and historical preservation today. Published by: South Carolina Historical Society. College Hill, Garland Hill, Daniel's Hill, Federal Hill, Diamond Hill, White Rock Hill, and Franklin Hill were the original "Seven Hills" of the City of Lynchburg. Staybridge Suites Florence - Center, an IHG Hotel. South Carolina court cases relating to insurance in the international and domestic slave trade. He loses this match when he hits his head on the ring post and fractures his skull. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27575042, Slaves in the Estate of Henry Calder, Edisto Island, Charleston, SC, 1820 Indexed by Andi Durbin, The Calhoun Family of South Carolina: A. S. Salley, Jr. In compliance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and all other applicable non-discrimination laws, Washington and Lee University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran's status, or genetic . Mr. Woodrow " Tootsie" Green, Jr age 70 of Lynchburg, SC. He settles in Philadelphia and helps organize the American Anti-Slavery Society and raises money for the underground railway. They restrict the right to vote and elect an all-white legislature that then passes the "Black Codes," which restrict rights of the newly freed people. a. fully embraced the expanded powers of the federal government born during the Civil War. Lee County is in the Eastern time zone (GMT -5). Digitized by Google Books. Carr, who was married to Jefferson's sister, was the first to claim his place in 1773. Six African-American politicians attend the convention (Robert Smalls, Thomas Miller, William Whipper, James Wigg, Isaiah Reed, and Robert Anderson) and speak out against the proceedings but are outvoted. I More Orangeburg County Largest Slaveholders from 1860 Census & Surname Matches for African Americans on 1870 Census (hosted at Orangeburg County SCGenWeb) Sumter County 1870 Federal Census, Slave Schedule (hosted at Kia's Potpourri) Pages# 1- 43 Bishopville P.O, Bishopville Pages# 1- 29 Spring Hill P.O Bradford Spring Twnshp James Webster Smith of Columbia becomes the first African-American to enter West Point. A historical society in Virginia, where slavery began in the American colonies in 1619, has discovered the identities of 3,200 slaves from unpublished private documents, providing new. The Legacy Museum of African American History is dedicated to collecting, preserving and storing historical artifacts, documents and memorabilia relating to the African American community in Lynchburg. Few records exist about this revolt, but it is stopped before it really takes place. Freedom came for all slaves in South Carolina as a result of the Union invasion of the state during the Civil War. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27575129, Cantey Family: Joseph S. Ames The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine Vol. Although insufficient funds are available, this is the first such effort in the history of the state. This is but one of a number of laws that make life very difficult for the relatively few African-Americans who are free. South Carolina was distinctive, however, in that it was alone among Englands colonies in continental North America in preferring African labor to the former. Groves, Joseph Asbury 1901 The Alstons and Allstons of North and South Carolina. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27575354, Enslaved Ancestors in the Estate of Isaac Fickling, Charleston, SC, 1834 Indexed by Felicia R. Mathis, 110 Slaves in the Estate of Eliza Flynn, Colleton County, SC, 1845 Indexed by Toni, Fraser Family Memoranda: A. S. Salley, Jr. Memorial service will be held on Saturday December 24, 2022 at 11:00am at the Gethsemane Apostolic Church in Lynchburg, SC burial will follow in the church cemetery at a later date due to declining weather. Columbia native Clarissa Thompson has her book Treading the Winepress: A Mountain of Misfortune, published as a serial in a Boston newspaper, making her the first female African-American from South Carolina to have her work published. See: African American Resources>Humanities>Museums, African American Research Centers 1 (Jan., 1906), pp. As the first Virginian and first African American to have her poetry included in the highly influential the second poet to ever be included in the Norton Anthology of American Poetry, Anne Spencer was known for her poems with heavy biblical and mythological themes. Published by: South Carolina Historical Society. Published by: South Carolina Historical Society. Slaves on South Carolina Plantation, 1862. Researching a slaveholder's genealogy can be a time-consuming task, but fortunately, there are many genealogies for South Carolina slaveholders online. The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine Vol. Beginning in the eighteenth century the colony increasingly embraced rice as a staple, and by 1740 indigo joined the grain as a lucrative but subordinate staple crop. Pre-1820 manumissions of individuals drawn from the extant deed and will books of Dinwiddie, Prince George, Chesterfield, Charles City, Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, and Sussex Counties. An estimated half million African-Americans leave the state, mainly for northern cities during WWI and WWII when industrial opportunities are the greatest. The mechanics of cotton production were closer to those of tobacco than to those of rice. Similar outlooks toward land and nature, and comparable facets of material culture, facilitated their contact with native peoples. See if the property is available for sale or lease. With a view to obtaining the freedom of one such slave, Milley, the executors brought suit in the Superior Court of South Carolina, losing the suit (1 Bay 232-35; 2 . 6 Homes For Sale in Lynchburg, SC. White families lived in comfortable quarters in the "Big House" while their African-American slaves toiled for long backbreaking hours working in sugar cane fields, picking cotton and the blue gold, Indigo. In 1790 these upland counties operated essentially in a free-labor society, fifteen thousand slaves amounting to no more than a fifth of the population. The Cemetery was the primary burial site for those of African decent in Lynchburg from 1806 to 1865, with over 75 percent of the men and women buried there being African American. Copyright 2023 Office of Economic Development and Tourism, All rights reserved. In areas where the black population was less dense, the practical result was more equality between white males and females in terms of miscegenation, although it was never entirely acceptable, and nearly everywhere white females were punished by the eighteenth century. 6. In 2020, Lynchburg, SC had a population of 430 people with a median age of 29.5 and a median household income of $38,170. 1, No. The practice of free grazing, night-time penning for cattle protection, and seasonal burning to freshen pastures all had West African antecedents. 7. Miller Park. While the slaves work regime was intensive, slaves by no means passively acquiesced to the whims of masters. 150. from $121/night. Anne Spencer was a poet, civil rights activist, teacher, librarian, wife, mother and gardener who lived in Lynchburg during the Harlem Renaissance cultural movement. 2022. In the 1760s Anglo-American frontiersmen, determined to settle the land, planted slavery firmly within the borders of what would become Tennessee. For while colonists searched for a staple, South Carolina was the colony of a colony, providing beef, hides, and other foodstuffs to Barbados. Despite the real possibility that a husband or wife could be sold, large numbers of slave couples lived in long-term marriages, and most slaves lived in double-headed households. During her life in Lynchburg, her home played host to Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Zora Neale Hurston, Booker T. Washington, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to name just a few. Virginia Hill. Enslaved African-Americans flee to the area where Union troops consider blacks to be free because they are the "contraband of war." African American burial sites & notable graves are mapped out in a brochure available at the Old City Cemetery welcome center. The records linked here were indexed by volunteers in the Restore the Ancestors Project. Invention of the cotton gin makes the growing of cotton profitable in non-coastal areas where only cotton with a lot of seeds in the bolls will grow. Uncommon Ground: Archaeology and Early African America, 16501800. LYNCHBURG, SC (WIS) - The small South Carolina town of Lynchburg finally has a new mayor, after no one ran for the seat in last week's election. We thank and cherish the volunteers who have worked so hard to make these records searchable in a free collection. The following information is provided for citations. The Colored Farmers' Alliance reaches a membership of 30,000 members in South Carolina and prints its own newspaper. Slave cabins on large plantations were often built in rows on either side of dirt roads or streets relatively close to the fields but some distance from the masters houses. Other names - Smith's Grove Current status - Privately owned and available for special events Side of Tanglewood Plantation Sue Caldwell Roberts, 2015 (Do Not Use Without Written Consent) Timeline There was some degree of public opinion in the colony opposed to such liaisons. 1, No. Published by: South Carolina Historical Society. There is no entrance fee to visit the cemetery, which is open year-round. Arthur MacBeth opens a photographic studio in Charleston, winning many awards for his pioneering work. Vol. When Patrick Henry died, the Red Hill house and half the plantation went to his two sons John Henry and Edward Winston Henry. Elizabeth Evelyn Wright and Jessie Dorsey open the Denmark Industrial School, which later becomes Vorhees Industrial School and then Vorhees College, one of many examples of African-American self-help in education. All of these things meant that the external attributes of slavery in South Carolina were harsh. Published by: South Carolina Historical Society. 4 (Oct., 1903), pp. The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine Vol. As conditions worsen in the state following the end of Reconstruction, about 20,000 African-Americans leave the state, many moving west as the frontier opens to opportunity. South Carolina's history is inextricably linked to the history of slavery in the United States. Partly as an offshoot of the task system, slaves organized an internal marketing system. Ibid., 72. The number of African-American owned general stores, the business centers in the communities across the rural state, reaches nearly 500, about ten times the number in 1880. Slavery in South Carolina began with the founding of the colony in 1670 and continued until the end of the Civil War in 1865. Children were initiated to work at the age of five or six, learning how to take orders and fulfill small tasks, and on cotton plantations they helped with the labor-intensive job of picking cotton. , Anne Spencer was known for her poems with heavy biblical and mythological themes. Wikimedia Commons. These considerations facilitated the spread of slavery by making it more accessible to the successful farmer. About 20,000 enslaved Africans are brought to the state. Plantation names were not recorded on the census, but in South Carolina there were 482 farms of 1,000 acres or more, the largest size category enumerated in the census. Led by Denmark Vesey, an African-Methodist church founder and former enslaved person who had bought his freedom, the rebellion is well-planned and widespread. Published by: South Carolina Historical Society. A purely charitable organization founded by free African-Americans for the purpose of caring for free African-American orphans. 3, No. 2100 South Carolina Highway 341 South, Lynchburg, South Carolina 29080, United States. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27575005, The Colleton Family in South Carolina: The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine Vol. The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine Vol. HR Manager. Paul T Gervais, Charleston, SC, 1857, Slaves at the Exchange and Laurels Plantations, Paul T Gervais, SC, 1856, Slaves at Oakley Farm and in Charleston, Estate of Adelaide E. Gibbs, 1859, Slaves at the Rosemont Plantation of Adelaide Gibbs, 1860, Enslaved Ancestors in the Estate of John Gibbes, Colleton, SC, 1814, Slaves in the Estate of Theodore Gourdin, Berkeley County, SC, 1864, Slaves in the Estate of Theodore Gourdin, Georgetown and Williamsburg, SC, 1826, Slaves at the Brick Hope Plantation of A D Graves, Berkeley, SC 1854, Slaves in the Estate of Joshua Grimball, Edisto Island, SC, 1758, Slaves in the Estate of John Grimball, in Families, 4 Africans Noted, 1806, Slaves in the Estate of Jacob Guerard, Bees Creek, Beaufort, SC, 1823, Slaves in the Estate of George Paddon Bond Hasell, Charleston and Union, SC, 1819, 1,648 Slaves in the Estate of Nathaniel Heyward, Charleston, SC, 1851, Slaves in the Estate of Henry M. Holmes, Berkeley, SC, 1854, Slaves at Washington Plantation, Berkeley, South Carolina, 1860, 416 Slaves, Estate of Thomas Horry, Charleston and Georgetown, SC, 1820, Slaves at the Clydesdale Plantation of D E Huger, Beaufort, SC, 1855, Slaves in the Estate of John Huger, St. Lukes Parish, Beaufort, SC, 1853, Slaves in the Estate Sale of Alfred Huger, Jr., Charleston, SC, 1857, Slaves at Cat Island and Bluff Plantations of Alexander Hume, 1849, Slaves at the Cat Island Plantation of Thomas W. Hume, Charleston, SC, 1861, 213 Slaves in the Estate of Jacob Bond Ion, Charleston, SC, 1797, Estate Inventory of Richard Jenkins, Wadmalaw Island, Charleston District and St. Helena Island, Beaufort District, SC, 1857, Estate Inventory of Richard Jenkins, Wadmalaw Island, Charleston, SC, 1857, 117 Slaves in the Estate of Micah J. Jenkins, Charleston, SC, 1852, Slaves in the Estate of Benjamin J. Johnson, Charleston, SC, 1861, Sale of 101 Slaves in the Estate of B.F. Johnson, Charleston, SC, 1862, Slaves at Foot Point Plantation, Estate of D. G. Joye, Beaufort, SC, 1851, Sale of Slaves in the Estate of Daniel G Joye, Charleston, SC, 1853, Enslaved Ancestors in the Estate of Newman Kershaw, Charleston, SC, 1841, Slaves in the Estate of Mitchell King, Charleston, SC and Chatham, GA, 1863, Slaves in the Estate of Mary LaRoche, Johns Island and Wadmalaw Island, SC, 1842, Slaves at the Farmfield Plantation of Margaret Laurens, 1859, Slaves at the Point Comfort Plantation of Keating S Laurens, Charleston, SC, 1854, Slaves in the Estate of Thomas Legare, Charleston and Orangeburg, SC, 1843, Slaves in the Estate of Aaron Loocock, Richland and Charleston, SC, 1794, Inventory & Division of Slaves in the Estate of James Lowndes, Colleton, SC, 1839, Sale of 96 Slaves in the Estate of Edward Lowndes, Charleston, SC, 1853, Slaves at Hopsewee Plantation, Santee River, Georgetown, SC, 1854, African Children in the Estate of James Mackie, Charleston, SC, 1806, Slaves at the White Oak and Ogilvie Plantations of Joseph Manigault, Georgetown, SC, 1844, 153 Slaves in the Estate of Francis Marion, Berkeley, SC, 1826, Division of Slaves in the Estate of Francis Marion, Charleston, SC, 1833, 227 Slaves in the Estate of John T. Marshall, Charleston, SC, 1860, Slaves in the Estate of Robert Martin, Barnwell District, 1853, 271 Slaves in the Estate of Wm. 2, No. Located at USGenWeb Census Project. He survives the vows of silence taken by other cadets, having to drill alone, eating after all the other cadets, being screamed at by instructors until 1874 when he is failed on an oral exam that is given to him in secret by a hostile philosophy professor and is dismissed from the academy. Details are sketchy, but a plot is uncovered and at least 20 enslaved people are arrested. These surroundings could not help but affect the perceptions and attitudes of white South Carolinians, and these and other circumstances relate them more closely than other British North Americans to their compatriots in the West Indies. Updated: Jan 28, 2023 / 05:39 PM EST. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998. Be sure to visit the outdoor exhibit chronicling an African American burial, which borrowed from African traditions. 168-188. 22, No. Located at Slaveholders and African Americans 1860-1870. Moreover, these constructions had to be maintained. Communications Office 7, No. 210. from $122/night. "Here on these grounds in the summer of 1780 Col. Charles Lynch was informed by Governor Jefferson of a Tory Conspiracy, a British loyalist conspiracy, to free prisoners of war. . Samuel Garland 16 Dec 1830 Lynchburg, Virginia - 14 Sep 1862 Thomas Garnett 1676 Kingston Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia Colony . Slaves in the Family. . 6, No. Blackwater Creek Trail. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27574994, Slaves in the Estate of George Paddon Bond Hasell, Charleston and Union, SC, 1819 Indexed by Judi Scott, The Hayne Family: Theodore D. Jervey The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine Vol. "Lynchburg was such a tobacco center that there was a huge demand for slave. Lynchburg had a "decentralized" slave market, which meant auctions took place all over the city. Eli Whitneys 1793 introduction of an improved cotton gin led to the rapid extension of cotton production into upland South Carolina and elsewhere. 3. webteam@blackwallstreet.org Slavery. The search for enslaved ancestors requires research in the records of slaveholding families. 108-116. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1998. An African-American teacher, Francis Cardozo, founds the Avery Normal Institute in Charleston, a comprehensive school. Published by: South Carolina Historical Society. Published by: South Carolina Historical Society. The Fundamental Constitutions (1669) envisioned slavery among other forms of servitude and social hierarchy at the colonys inception. View from outside; open on Sundays. The Cemetery was the primary burial site for those of African decent in Lynchburg from 1806 to 1865, with over 75 percent of the men and women buried there being African American. This process could be seen clearly in South Carolina, where people who settled the upcountry did not have the wherewithal to compete in the coastal rice economy. 14, No. The Fundamental Constitutions (1669) envisioned slavery among other forms of servitude and social hierarchy at [] The slave family was generally made up of a mother and a father living in a cabin with their children and perhaps extended kin. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1984. The average age of child bearing among slave women in the antebellum South was nineteen years old, while the average age for white women was twenty-one. Walker Cemetery Located adjacent to the Sumter, St. Lawrence and Jewish Cemeteries, Walker Cemetery is the final resting place of many distinguished African-Americans. SOUTH CAROLINA SLAVERY: An Introduction: SOUTH CAROLINA is highlighted here. The ghost of Jefferson is said to be seen wandering the grounds of Monticello and whistling, a habit Jefferson was known for in life. African American Museums The South Carolina Land Commission is created by the new legislature. Out-migration accelerates after the turn of the century. However these farms are relatively productive, producing thirty-nine per cent of agricultural output. It is provided as a courtesy and may contain errors. Published by: South Carolina Historical Society. Seed rice arrives in Charleston as a gift from a sea captain whose boat was under repair. This transcription includes 114 slaveholders who held 20 or more slaves in Clarendon County, accounting for 6,163 slaves, or about 72% of the County total. 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The historian Ronald L. Lewis asserts that "by the 1840s, insurance for slave miners was commonplace." Slave Insurance in 1850s Richmond View from Gambles Hill, Richmond, Va. The AME church founds Payne Institute in Abbeville, which in 1880 is moved to Columbia and becomes what is today Allen University. Over the past four centuries, countless Black men and women fought, and continue to fight, for equality, freedom, recognition and safety for themselves and future generations. Miles Brewton and Some of His Descendants: A. S. Salley, Jr. Cotton production was not as labor intensive as rice production and could be carried out by a man and his family. 1 (Jan., 1904), pp. Lynch's Legacy. In the early years South Carolinians grew rice on dry upland soils, but planters soon switched to inland swamps. The most famous is known as Dave the Potter. Published by: South Carolina Historical Society. After that the union declines. In this era of unrest, plantations were often run entirely by slaves for their own use. 127-140. The year was now 1817, and John, now along in years, stood at the site of his first ferry, looking fondly at Lynchburg's first toll bridge, which had replaced the ferry five years prior. Franklin Printing and Publishing Co. John Alston: A. S. Salley, Jr. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27575072, Hugh Hext and Some of His Descendants: A. S. Salley, Jr. The 1860 U.S. Census Slave Schedules for Clarendon County, South Carolina (NARA microfilm series M653, Roll 1233) reportedly includes a total of 8,566 slaves. The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine Vol. 3-19. Roughly 100 enslaved Africans, led by "Jemmy," capture firearms about 20 miles south of Charles Town, and attempt to rally more people to join them. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27575122, Slaves in the Estate of Benjamin J. Johnson, Charleston, SC, 1861 Indexed by Alana Thevenet, Sale of 101 Slaves in the Estate of B.F. Johnson, Charleston, SC, 1862 Indexed by Alana, Slaves at Foot Point Plantation, Estate of D. G. Joye, Beaufort, SC, 1851Indexed by Whitney, Sale of Slaves in the Estate of Daniel G Joye, Charleston, SC, 1853Indexed by Robin Foster, Enslaved Ancestors in the Estate of Newman Kershaw, Charleston, SC, 1841 Indexed by Sheri Fenley, Slaves in the Estate of Mitchell King, Charleston, SC and Chatham, GA, 1863 Indexed by Alana Thevenet, Slaves in the Estate of Mary LaRoche, Johns Island and Wadmalaw Island, SC, 1842 Indexed by Khalisa Jacobs, Slaves in the Estate of Thomas Legare, Charleston and Orangeburg, SC, 1843 Indexed by Khalisa Jacobs, Slaves in the Estate of Aaron Loocock, Richland and Charleston, SC, 1794 Indexed by Karen Meadows-Rogers, Slaves at Hopsewee Plantation, Santee River, Georgetown, SC, 1854 Indexed by Alana, African Children in the Estate of James Mackie, Charleston, SC, 1806 Indexed by Khalisa Jacobs, Slaves at the White Oak and Ogilvie Plantations of Joseph Manigault, Georgetown, SC, 1844 Indexed by Alana, 227 Slaves in the Estate of John T. Marshall, Charleston, SC, 1860 Indexed by Cheryl Palmer, Slaves in the Estate of Robert Martin, Barnwell District, 1853 Indexed by Sheri Fenley, 271 Slaves in the Estate of Wm. November. This was in contrast to the lowcountry, where blacks had outnumbered whites since the beginning of the eighteenth century. $70,000 - $80,000 a year. In order to identify records of interest, you must first examine the genealogy of slaveholding families. Masters acquiesced to slaves participating in this informal economy because it would have been difficult to prevent and the existence of a market for fresh vegetables and slave-made crafts provided a convenient and relatively cheap source for food and other goods. The Old City Cemetery Museums & Arboretum is the oldest municipal cemetery still in use in Virginia today. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1981. . For more on white resistance to slave life insurance see W. P. Burrell, "The Published by: South Carolina Historical Society. By the age of ten or twelve they were fully initiated into the world of adult work, although they were not expected to do the work of a full hand until about age sixteen. He could start off slowly and gradually acquire bondspeople to expand cultivation. Browse photos, see new properties, get open house info, and research neighborhoods on Trulia. Some of the hottest neighborhoods near Lynchburg, SC are Wildewood, Spring Valley, Stateburg Historic District, Palmetto Park, Second Mill.You . He was ordered by. As in Virginia, many slaves in seventeenth-century South Carolina came from the West Indies. We also provide links to online records for SC slaveholders on Fold3.com. [CDATA[*/eval("var a=\"h_rGJCX5fDidKLwR0OZNj4VMQTl@WevA9c38P.t-yb2oIk1EYUxmHa7zSBpungF6s+q\";var b=a.split(\"\").sort().join(\"\");var c=\"nzgpUuaLH+7oY2gpEFUpEU7UbrzpE\";var d=\"\";for(var e=0;e*/. Because of this, 2019 is remembered as the 400th anniversary of slavery in the United States. 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