Celebrating Black History: Black labor helped Fairfield County endure

FAIRFIELD COUNTY – The Winnsboro town clock did not arrive all at once. In 1837, its machinery was ordered from Alsace, France, shipped through Charleston, and then hauled inland to Winnsboro by wagon. That work fell to a Black man named Adam Blake, identified in the historical record as a freedman. The clockworks were heavy. […]

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