Gadsden's Wharf: Preliminary Historical Investigations

Publication

Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2014.002.090

Description

Through timelines and transcripts, this report documents the construction of Christopher Gadsden's wharf, its use as a principal location for the arrival of enslaved Africans in North America, and their warehousing and sale at the wharf until the end of the international slave trade. Also includes a summary of the wharf's historical significance. 53 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm. (typed manuscript)

Collection

Pamphlets, Guidebooks, Reports, Theses/Dissertations

Acquisition

Accession

2014.002

Source or Donor

New Library Catalog Records (2014)

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Report

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Administrative Records

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Gadsdenboro / Gadsden Lands / Middlesex, Gadsdens Wharf, Wharves--South Carolina--Charleston, Slave trade--South Carolina--Charleston

Publication Details

Author

Fick, Sarah, 1953-

Date Published

2013

Call No.

F279 .C46 G337 2013

Notes

Copy No.: 0

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

P413

Location

Shelf

Books-Pamphlets

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Date

February 7, 2023

Provenance

Notes

Given to HCF's Archives by author on 11/5/2014.

General Notes

Note

Notes: Prepared by Sarah Fick for the City of Charleston. Includes bibliographical references (p. 50-53). "August 2013."

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

November 6, 2014

Updated By

kemmons

Update Date

May 3, 2018