African Americans at Snee Farm Plantation, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Gibbs T. 2006. African Americans at Snee Farm Plantation, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Department of Anthropology, University of North Texas
The overall objective of the project is to understand the Snee Farm Plantation and its relationship to the African American workers who provided the labor force between the years 1900 and 1968. The Snee Farm project, which focuses on the descendants of slaves and other workers at the Snee Farm Plantation in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, is part of the National Park Service oral and written history preservation program. The objectives of this project are several. The first objective is to present a background history of the Snee Farm Plantation. The report uses data collected by the National Park Service at Snee Farm and historical documentation to describe the plantation, owners and general status of the plantation. The second objective is to document the social and cultural experience of African Americans associated with Snee Farm. The purpose of this objective is to determine the nature of the worker’s social lives in relationship to the Snee Farm Plantation. The third objective is to describe the general experiences of workers on the Snee Farm Plantation. The fourth objective is to understand the tasks and working hours of Snee Farm workers and to present information about the relationship between plantation owner and African American farm worker.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Gibbs, Tyson
- Date of Issue
- 2006-10
- Publisher
- Department of Anthropology, University of North Texas
- Units
- CHPI , HIST
- Keywords
- African Americans, Charles Pinckney, Cultural Resources, Culture, ehistory, History, Mount Pleasant, plantation, Preservation, Slavery, Snee Farm, South Carolina