The Lost Freedmen's Town of Hamburg, South Carolina

by Michael Smith and Michael S. Smith

Book Overview

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 state offices. These gains were wiped away after the Hamburg Massacre in 1876, a watershed event that left seven African Americans dead, most of them executed in cold...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467148555
• ISBN13: 9781467148559
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"