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Uncle Ransom Simmons, Richland County, South Carolina

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Mobley, Hattie

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A brief biography of Ransom Simmons, a formerly enslaved African American who guarded General Wade Hampton III during the Civil War.
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Public domain. For more information contact the South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208.
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University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

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South Carolina Digital Library

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Interviews
  3. Personal Narratives
  4. Slaver
  5. Slaves
  6. South Carolina

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