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William Ellison

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William Ellison Jr., born April Ellison, (April 1790 – December 5, 1861) was a cotton gin maker and blacksmith in South Carolina, and former black slave who achieved considerable success in business before the American Civil War. [1]

20 relations: American Civil War, Apprenticeship, Church of the Holy Cross (Stateburg, South Carolina), Confederate States Army, Confederate States of America, Cotton gin, Fairfield County, South Carolina, Free people of color, High Hills of Santee, Indian Removal Act, List of slave owners, List of slaves, Manumission, Partus sequitur ventrem, Planter class, Social capital, South Carolina, Stateburg, South Carolina, Sumter County, South Carolina, Winnsboro, South Carolina.

American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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Apprenticeship

An apprenticeship is a system of training a new generation of practitioners of a trade or profession with on-the-job training and often some accompanying study (classroom work and reading).

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Church of the Holy Cross (Stateburg, South Carolina)

The Church of the Holy Cross is an historic Anglican church at 335 North Kings Highway in Stateburg, South Carolina.

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Confederate States Army

The Confederate States Army (C.S.A.) was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865).

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Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America (CSA or C.S.), commonly referred to as the Confederacy, was an unrecognized country in North America that existed from 1861 to 1865.

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Cotton gin

A cotton gin is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, enabling much greater productivity than manual cotton separation.

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Fairfield County, South Carolina

Fairfield County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina.

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Free people of color

In the context of the history of slavery in the Americas, free people of color (French: gens de couleur libres, Spanish: gente libre de color) were people of mixed African and European descent who were not enslaved.

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High Hills of Santee

The High Hills of Santee, sometimes known as the High Hills of the Santee, is a long, narrow hilly region in the western part of Sumter County, South Carolina.

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Indian Removal Act

The Indian Removal Act was signed by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830.

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List of slave owners

This list includes notable individuals for which there is a consensus of evidence of slave ownership.

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List of slaves

Slavery is a social-economic system under which persons are enslaved: deprived of personal freedom and forced to perform labor or services without compensation.

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Manumission

Manumission, or affranchisement, is the act of an owner freeing his or her slaves.

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Partus sequitur ventrem

Partus sequitur ventrem, often abbreviated to partus, in the British American colonies and later in the United States, was a legal doctrine which the English royal colonies incorporated in legislation related to the status of children born in the colonies and the definitions of slavery.

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Planter class

The planter class, known alternatively in the United States as the Southern aristocracy, was a socio-economic caste of pan-American society that dominated seventeenth- and eighteenth-century agricultural markets through the forced labor of enslaved Africans.

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Social capital

Social capital is a form of economic and cultural capital in which social networks are central; transactions are marked by reciprocity, trust, and cooperation; and market agents produce goods and services not mainly for themselves, but for a common good.

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South Carolina

South Carolina is a U.S. state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Stateburg, South Carolina

Stateburg is a census-designated place (CDP) in the High Hills of Santee in Sumter County, South Carolina, United States.

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Sumter County, South Carolina

Sumter County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina.

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Winnsboro, South Carolina

Winnsboro is a town in Fairfield County, South Carolina, United States.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ellison

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