@fashioningtheself: Lauren Davila, a College of Charleston grad student, made a startling discovery while researching old newspapers. An advertisement, dated Feb. 24, 1835, announced the sale of a group of 600 enslaved individuals in Charleston, South Carolina. This previously unknown event surpassed the previously recognized largest auction of enslaved people in the United States. Upon further investigation by ProPublica, it was revealed that the sale was part of the estate auction of John Ball Jr., a Harvard grad and prominent enslaver in South Carolina. Interestingly, Ball's wife, Ann, bought back two plantations and purchased 191 people from the auction, attempting to keep some families together. The auction nevertheless exemplifies the enduring generational wealth gap that exists between black and white Americans, as it ultimately enriched the Ball family and others involved. #slavery #charleston #southcarolina #africanamericanhistory
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Tuesday 20 June 2023 12:37:17 GMT
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SLL2020 :
This is one of a million reasons that Humanities education matters.
2023-06-20 19:10:17
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catinavan :
I always felt the city tours and revisionist history in Charleston is deeply disturbing and just straight disrespectful — thx for this info
2023-06-21 00:14:21
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glennmccarthy6 :
Why was it an unknown event if it was in the newspaper at the time? Plus there are undoubtedly Estate records in the Court house So why this is new???
2023-06-20 21:23:58
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pilsengirl312 :
wow, that is sadly, astounding
2023-06-20 14:10:00
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President Chicken :
Who the hell is Ball!?
2023-06-20 21:25:11
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MJ Khan🇵🇸🇨🇩🇸🇩 :
Ball like the canning company?
2023-06-26 14:03:32
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Jerry :
Just read the novel called The Third Verse.
2023-06-20 19:27:45
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Tikki89 :
There’s an interesting book by Edward Ball about his family, including the enslaved persons. He found descendants and interviewed them. They had
2023-06-21 04:22:10
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SAPPER :
A black eye on American 🇺🇸 history. Unfortunately, a lot of cities have these auction sites.
2023-06-21 01:37:21
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400 Actinium :
30% off
2023-06-20 23:32:51
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Erin :
Interesting about wife…
2023-06-25 05:29:15
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Tall Bambusa :
Ball, like mason jars Ball?
2023-06-20 22:17:13
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simplycomplexjen :
I’m not surprised I’m from SC
2023-06-20 19:17:34
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user8748612518641 :
Skill issue
2023-06-21 01:15:25
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Todienomore Press :
Boost.
2023-06-20 19:23:20
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Emgee :
How is this new news? It’s not people. It’s old.
2023-06-21 02:09:46
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skiurdf6d :
Wish I could've been there. History is so fascinating!
2023-06-20 22:45:14
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williamlexner :
Great data, absurd conclusion.
2023-06-20 20:10:17
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Cory Sanchez :
🥺🥺
2023-06-21 02:06:07
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a girl has no name :
all white people were wealthy? wow, I never knew.
2024-09-04 23:12:10
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endfloridafreekilllaw :
Charleston has bad energy😌
2023-06-20 21:09:11
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1maskedbeauty :
Next look up benne seeds-benne wafers - which are now called sesame seeds & sesame cookies . Multibillion dollar industry.enslaved ppl got $0
2023-06-20 14:01:17
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Salome.Dances :
How does one determine that Ann purchased 191 ppl in order to “keep families together “???
2023-06-20 20:18:10
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lydiab953 :
How did it go from 600 human beings being sold and dehumanization being normalized to the racial wealth gap. The tone of this is cold. Where is the
2023-06-21 01:01:26
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FlyingIrish77 :
Huh, Harvard grad…. They need to pay from their endowments
2023-06-20 21:11:50
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