Plantation No. 7, Rockville Plantation Negro Church, Charleston, SC

Date1860

MediumAlbumen stereograph

DimensionsImage and sheet (both): 3 1/16 × 6 5/16 inches (7.78 × 16.03 cm)
Mount: 3 7/16 × 6 15/16 inches (8.73 × 17.62 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.3764

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InscribedOn mount verso, gray label, in black type: "No. 23. / A NEGRO CHURCH, / IN SOUTH CAROLINA. / This picture represents a Negro Church, as taken in 1860. Many persons at the / North believed that the religious training of the Negro at the South was entirely neg- / lected. Such was not the case, however. The citizens of Charleston, previous to the / war, had constructed two churches for the worship of Negroes. One, an Episcopal / Church, the other Presbyterian. Both are still standing. They were provided with / excellent Ministers. Besides, on many plantation, neat and often costly houses of / worship were built by the owners, who attended every Sabbath with their families, and / made it obligatory on their slaves to attend likewise. The Churches were provided / with competent pastors, whose salaries were defrayed by the planter from his private funds. / Published by S.T. SOUDER, 263 King Street, Charleston, S. C."

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DescriptionImage of people kneeling before an altar with an image of Christ crucified. A bearded man wearing a robe stands to the right and points towards the cross.

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