Gov. Robert Francis Withers Allston
Gov. Robert Francis Withers Allston of Georgetown, South Carolina: 631 His family was able to maintain two houses in Georgetown and several plantations, including the...
Category : Slave Owners
Col. Joshua John Ward
01014
Col. Joshua John Ward of Georgetown, South Carolina: 1,130 Known as “King of the Rice Planters,” Ward had 1,130 enslaved Blacks on the Brookgreen plantation...
William Aiken
0300
Aiken was one of the state’s wealthiest citizens, owner of the largest rice plantation in the state — Jehossee Island — with over 700 enslaved Blacks on...
Col. Joseph A. S. Acklen
0369
Col. Joseph A. S. Acklen of West Feliciana, Louisiana: 659 As the second husband to “the mistress of Belmont” Adelicia Acklen, Joseph Acklen tripled the value...