Hamburg, South Carolina map
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of a single copy of a map of Hamburg, South Carolina, dated 1821.
Dates
- Created: 1821
Biographical or Historical Information
Hamburg, South Carolina was once a town in Edgefield District, now Aiken County, South Carolina. It was founded by Henry Schultz in 1821, across the Savannah River from Augusta, Georgia, as a cotton market town. The town saw less business in cotton shipping after the Augusta Canal was completed in 1848. Following the American Civil War, Hamburg was largely populated by freedmen, and became notorious in 1876 as a result of the Hamburg massacre, a massacre of freed men by local white men in a Democratic paramilitary group. The town's population began to decline after the events of the massacre, and flooding pushed out the last residents by 1929.
Note written by
Extent
1.00 items
Language
English
- Title
- Inventory of the Hamburg, South Carolina map
- Author
- Kara Flynn
- Description rules
- Other Unmapped
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- und
Repository Details
Part of the Reese Library Archives Repository