SANKOFA'S SLAVERY DATA COLLECTION

Hendrick Plantation

Location: Mecklenburg Co., NC
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Associated Surnames: Hendrick

Associated plantations: Russell Plantation (Warren Co., NC)

Associated Free White Names

• Mr. Hendrick: owner
• Thomas Wade: overseer

Associated Black Slave Names

1857 Slaves onthe Hendrick Plantation
Contributed by Joi Dickerson, [email protected]

• Seleah: mother of Araminta, three other daughters, two sons; worked in the "Big House" of the Hendrick estate
  • dau. Araminta Hendrick Russell: wife of Solomon Russell (of Russell Plantation, Warren Co., NC); worked in the "Big House" of the Hendrick estate
    • son James Solomon Russell: b. Dec. 20, 1857; son of Solomon and Araminta Russell; Ordained Deacon of the Episcopal Church March 9, 1882, First black Arch Deacon; founder of St. Paul Normal and Industrial school in Lawrenceville, VA

Agriculture

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Description of Associated Architecture

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Research Leads

• Russell, James Solomon. Adventure in Faith: an Autobiographic study of Archdeacon James Solomon Russell, Founder of the St. Paul Normal and Industrial School, Lawrenceville, Va. New York: Morehouse Publishing Co., 1936: A copy of the actual book can be found in the New York Public Library in the Religion Section. It is a rare book.

Other People Researching This Plantation

• Joi Dickerson, [email protected]

RESOURCES

• Adventure in Faith: an Autobiographic study of Archdeacon James Solomon Russell, Founder of the St. Paul Normal and Industrial School, Lawrenceville, Va. Russell, James Solomon. New York: Morehouse Publishing Co. 1936.
• An Adventure in Faith: website by Joi Dickerson.