SANKOFA'S SLAVERY DATA COLLECTION

Lipscomb Plantation

Location: Spartanberg Co., SC
Constructed: ----

History: ----

Associated Surnames: Ezell, Lipscomb

Associated Free White Names

• Ned Lipscomb: owner
• John Ezell: Baptist preacher of Lipscomb Plantation
  • son Landrum Ezell: Baptist preacher of Lipscomb Plantation
  • son Judson Ezell
  • son Bryson Ezell

Associated Black Slave Names

1850 - 1865: Slaves of or associated with Lipscomb Plantation
From Voices From Slavery: Lorenzo Ezell interview, edited by Norman R. Yetman

• Alice: one of the children at Lipscomb
• Carrie: one of the children at Lipscomb
• Coy: one of the children at Lipscomb
• Levi Ezell: owned by Landrum Ezell
  • wife Maria Ezell: owned by Ned Lipscomb
  • son Lorenzo Ezell: b. July 29, 1850; owned by Ned Lipscomb
• Jabus: one of the children at Lipscomb
• LaFate: one of the children at Lipscomb
• Nelson: one of the children at Lipscomb
• Rufus: one of the children at Lipscomb
• Sallie: one of the children at Lipscomb
• Note: Lorenzo Ezell states that on the Lipscomb Place, there were fourteen slaves: seven children (including himself), his mother, three uncles, three aunts, and one man who was not realted to the family. Apparently, the (relatively) small number of slaves at Lipscomb were all related except for one man.

Agriculture

• Cotton
• Wheat

Description of Associated Architecture

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Landmarks

• De Old Meadow: Lorenzo Ezell reports that this meadow on the Lipscomb Place was used as a stop on the Underground Railroad. He remembers that Ned Lipscomb, the plantation owner, would sneak food to runaways hiding there.

RESOURCES

• Voices From Slavery: 100 Authentic Slave Narratives. Edited by Yetman, Norman R. pp 111-116.