Aiken-Rhett House: Enslaved Africans and Post-Civil War Servant Research

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Aiken-Rhett House: Enslaved Africans and Post-Civil War Servant Research

Entry/Object ID

ELIZABETH.048.5.1

Scope and Content

Contains primary and secondary documentation related to the enslaved Africans and post-Civil War servants at the Aiken-Rhett House. Largely compiled in 2012 by Bridget O'Brien, HCF Preservation and Museums Coordinator, with contributions by other HCF staff members in previous years. (See overview of the research on the Media tab.) Includes: Annotated timeline by Carrie Elizabeth Albee (HCF, 2001), with additions by Brandy Culp (HCF, 2007-2012) Federal census data Records from the SC Dept. of Archives and History (e.g., bills of sale, death registers, index to Aiken- and slavery-related documents in the collections) Newspaper research Aiken-Rhett-related materials at The Charleston Museum Archives Documentation pertaining to former Aiken-Rhett House slaves Articles and other publications including: Voyage of the Paper Canoe: A Geographical Journey of 2500 Miles From Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico, During the Years 1874-5 by Nathaniel H. Bishop; "William Aiken" (from Twelve Great SC Farmers); "Jehossee Island" (account and William Aiken history); transcript of interview of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Maybank (Mary) by Carol Borchert and Elliott Hutson (Sept. 26, 1996); "The Plantation Tradition in an Urban Setting: The Case of the Aiken-Rhett House in Charleston, South Carolina (John Michael Vlach, 1997, draft); "Service Spaces and Outbuildings" (excerpt from paint analysis of Susan Buck); "Paint Discoveries in the Aiken-Rhett House Kitchen and Slave Quarters" (Susan Buck, 2005, in Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture, v. 10); "Plantations" (excerpt from Plantations: Encyclopedia of Race and Racism, 2008); "Interpreting Race, Slavery, and African American Experience at Historic Sites (Evan Kutzler, 2012, graduate student report). Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Slavery and Enslaved People at the Aiken-Rhett House Museum (HCF, 2016) (see PDF on Media tab).

Collection

Aiken-Rhett House

Acquisition

Accession

ELIZABETH.048.

Source or Donor

48 Elizabeth Street (Aiken-Rhett House)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Slavery, Slaves

Search Terms

Aiken-Rhett House (Charleston, S.C.), Aiken-Rhett Family, Jehossee Island (S.C.), Slaveholders

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Documents

Archive Details

Archive Size/Extent

Photocopies of documentation in two 2.5" three-ring binders

Archive Notes

Archivist's Notes: Documentation from other files incorporated into binder. See Media link for original catalog record. Associated Material: See ELIZABETH.048. for materials in other repositories. Level of Description: Item

Location

Location

Container

Document Box

Shelf

ARH Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Building

Checked Out

Moved By

Lauren Northup

Date

September 17, 2015

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Aiken Family

Person or Organization

Rhett Family

Related Entries

Notes

Related Units of Description: Various items in HCF Archives. See ARH collection record (ELIZABETH.048.) and related materials.

General Notes

Note

Notes: Largely compiled by Bridget O'Brien, HCF Preservation and Museums Coordinator, 2012, with contributions by other HCF staff members in previous years. See Media tab for overview of research, Overview of Research (O'Brien, 2012). Also see "Missing Info from Overview" and "Death Records, Richardson/Crutchfield & Polite Family Genealogy." (Death Records & Genealogy had overlaid text of overview.)

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

February 8, 2013

Updated By

sduffy@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

June 16, 2025