By The Sweat of Our Brows, a living history event being held on September 12th at Historic Brattonsville, will explore the experiences of enslaved people of African descent during the American Revolution as the nation marks its 250th anniversary.
The event will examine the many ways the pursuit of liberty took root within the Brattonsville community and how that history continues through generations of descendants.
Visitors can meet descendants of the Bratton family and people enslaved on the Bratton Plantation. Other activities include an 18th-century house tour from Polly’s perspective, cooking and blacksmithing demonstrations, corn shelling and a British Army encampment highlighting the role British forces played in freedom-seeking efforts among enslaved South Carolinians.
Timed programs include a Calling of the Names presentation at 11 a.m. featuring William Bratton’s 1813 will and the 1865 Freedmen’s List. A Huck’s Defeat battlefield tour begins at 11:30 a.m., followed by a keynote presentation on African Americans in the American Revolution at 12:30 p.m. A site tour focused on the 19th century begins at 1:30 p.m., with a descendants presentation scheduled for 2:30 p.m.
Tours of the Enslaved Ancestral Burial Ground will also be available, including a focus on Watt’s headstone. The Historical Center will feature 18th-century York County court records and wills referencing enslaved people.
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