"Free Blacks and Mulattos in South Carolina in 1850 Census" by Margaret Pickham Motes.

Alphabetically arranged listing of 8,160 free perons of color one month to 112 years of age - in twenty-nine [29] different South Carolina counties - years before the Civil War.

Places of birth: SC, Africa, St. Domingo, Cuba, Va., Md., NC., Ga., Fl., and NY.

Occupations: Farmers, laborers, planters, carpenters, tailors, shoemakers. Also, barbers, blacksmiths, brick masons, engineers, locksmiths, mechanics, pilots, saddlers, wagon makers, washer women, and numerous other occupations.

Paperback: 254pp, Pub- 2000, Reprinted- 2002, ISBN: #0806350261, $25.

Available again at most book shops, and at genealogical.com , as Item: #CP9378.

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