@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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susanlingle
SLL2020 :
This is one of a million reasons that Humanities education matters.
2023-06-20 19:10:17
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catinavan
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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bigtimetok
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
pilsengirl312 :
wow, that is sadly, astounding
2023-06-20 14:10:00
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millenial_influencer
President Chicken :
Who the hell is Ball!?
2023-06-20 21:25:11
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abortionrightsmeow
MJ Khan🇵🇸🇨🇩🇸🇩 :
Ball like the canning company?
2023-06-26 14:03:32
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jerrycan9069
Jerry :
Just read the novel called The Third Verse.
2023-06-20 19:27:45
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89maggi
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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triplenickle40
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
400 Actinium :
30% off
2023-06-20 23:32:51
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er1n982
Erin :
Interesting about wife…
2023-06-25 05:29:15
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tallbambusa
Tall Bambusa :
Ball, like mason jars Ball?
2023-06-20 22:17:13
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simplycomplexjen
simplycomplexjen :
I’m not surprised I’m from SC
2023-06-20 19:17:34
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user8748612518641
user8748612518641 :
Skill issue
2023-06-21 01:15:25
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todienomorepress
Todienomore Press :
Boost.
2023-06-20 19:23:20
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user110770110
Emgee :
How is this new news? It’s not people. It’s old.
2023-06-21 02:09:46
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skiurdf6d
skiurdf6d :
Wish I could've been there. History is so fascinating!
2023-06-20 22:45:14
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williamlexner
williamlexner :
Great data, absurd conclusion.
2023-06-20 20:10:17
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happycory26
Cory Sanchez :
🥺🥺
2023-06-21 02:06:07
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imsmartandfunny
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
endfloridafreekilllaw :
Charleston has bad energy😌
2023-06-20 21:09:11
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1maskedbeauty
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
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
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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flying.irish77
FlyingIrish77 :
Huh, Harvard grad…. They need to pay from their endowments
2023-06-20 21:11:50
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