1850 REVEREND OWNS SLAVES. Rare South Carolina Reverend Slave Ownership Document Jonathan Edwards he and his brother Ralph

he and his brother Ralph invited George Whitefield to come to Scotland

include: The Bloody Issue [1745]

Lacking one front free end paper

A lovely piece connecting the Puritan

1850 REVEREND OWNS SLAVES. Rare South Carolina Reverend Slave Ownership Document Jonathan Edwards he and his brother RalphA very finely preserved c. 1850 document, likely a taxation inventory, records the inventory of several citizens from Laurensville, South Carolina. Among the pots, pans, cows, wood, etc., we find the only citizen on the roster to own a slave is the pastor, Reverend William Hitt of Laurensville, South Carolina. This is a classic example of one of the leading strategies of plantation owners of the 19th century in the south. They would often gift the