BEYOND THE FIELDS: Slavery at Middleton Place

Middleton Place, a National Historic Landmark, located on the Ashley River outside of Charleston, South Carolina, has been engaged for decades in telling the story not just of its white owners, but also of its African American population. For many years, images of slavery by white artists have shown legions of African Americans toiling in fields ̶ fields of tobacco, sugar, cotton and rice. Looking beyond the fields, the Middleton Place Foundation’s programming documents and commemorates, as far as possible, the lives, families and contributions of some seven generations of people owned by the Middleton family.
The enslaved left few artifacts, personal papers or documents. In the Charleston area, even recorded oral histories are rare. Middleton family letters, plantation records, probate records and other public documents provide only brief glimpses into the lives of the enslaved at Middleton Place. The Foundation was confronted with the very real challenge in making visible those who had been invisible and extrapolating tangible evidence from the intangibles of their lives. This American story is told through discussions with historians, authors, researchers, preservationists, historic site interpreters and descendants of the Middletons.
middletonplace.org

[@jamestucker9524]

I am a descendant of the Middleton family. On my mother's side of the family her grandparents were definitely results of the slave women who were taken advantage of by their masters. I had been told by my mother that we definitely had English ancestry. I took a DNA test to see if it was true. Besides African ancestry we do have English ancestry as well.

[@roszee1]

All slaves were taken advantage of. It came along with being a slave. Have your result come yet? We're getting ready for another 5 years reunion Nov 2022. It will take place at the Middleton Tourist Plantation Charleston S.C. The descendants of slaves and slave-owners. You might find more connection in my on-line book "Our Family Keepers" by Rose Ella Morton. I would like talk over the phone to learn more about your mothers' descendants. Please dm me for my cell number.

[@SfBatGirl]

@@roszee1 I am also a descendent of the middle town plantation phoebe is my 8th grand mother and they have arthur middle town listed as my 8th grandfather

[@roszee1]

@@SfBatGirl Hi..do you have a tree.. I would love to talk to you...can you dm your number.