by greenbook_admin | May 15, 2024
Samuel J. Bampfield, an influential African American political figure during Reconstruction, was the founder of Berean Presbyterian Church. He served as postmaster, clerk of the Beaufort County court, and a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives. The...
by greenbook_admin | May 15, 2024
This house is the birthplace of Dr. Benjamin E. Mays (1894-1984), Baptist minister, college president, author, and civil rights pioneer. It was originally located 14 miles from this site in the Epworth community. Mays was the eighth child of Hezekiah and Louvenia...
by greenbook_admin | May 15, 2024
The American Baptist Home Mission Society established Benedict Institute in 1870 for the training of black Baptist ministers and teachers. Named in honor of Rhode Island abolitionist Stephen Benedict, the institute became known as Benedict College in 1894. Dr. John...
by greenbook_admin | May 15, 2024
Founded by Francis L. Cardozo in 1865 as the Saxton School, the Avery Normal Institute was a private teacher-training school for African Americans. Three years later, the American Missionary Association purchased a lot on Bull Street and built this three-story brick...
by greenbook_admin | May 15, 2024
Paramount is the Clay Hill community that centers around the life of Elias Hill, a formerly enslaved man who led the migration of freed slaves from York County to Liberia, Africa, in 1871. Hill and his followers were victimized by the Klan during the Reconstruction...
