Friendly Moralist Society (Charleston, S.C.)
Organization
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Edmund Lee Drago collection
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1051
Abstract
Scholar, author, and history professor, Edmund Lee Drago began his teaching career at the College of Charleston in 1975. He is the author of "Initiative, Paternalism and Race Relations: Charleston's Avery Normal Institute" (1990), among other books. His research focus is 19th century U.S. History, African American and Charleston history, and the American Civil War and Reconstruction.
The Edmund Lee Drago Papers are organized in three series. The first consists of materials related to his...
Dates:
1784-2009, undated; Majority of material found in 1865-1991
Friendly Moralist Society records
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1009
Abstract
The Friendly Moralist Society was a benevolent society, established in Charleston South Carolina, 1838 for free men of color (mulatto or mixed race). The group served the community by providing burial aid, purchasing plots and assisting during funerals, for those in need. The organization also worked to provide charitable assistance to needy widows and orphans of deceased members. Each member was entitled to certain rights of membership, namely financial assistance in times of illness or...
Dates:
1841-1856, and undated
Manuscript: "Free Black Benevolence in Antebellum Charleston," pages 126-209, 1848 - 1853
File — Box 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
Photocopied transcripts.
Dates:
1848 - 1853
Manuscript: "Free Black Benevolence in Antebellum Charleston," pages 210-251, 1853 - 1856
File — Box 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
Photocopied transcripts.
Dates:
1853 - 1856
Manuscript: "Free Black Benevolence in Antebellum Charleston," pages 252-299, 1841 - 1856
File — Box 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
Photocopied transcripts.
Dates:
1841 - 1856
Manuscript: "Free Black Benevolence in Antebellum Charleston: The Proceedings of the Friendly Moralist Society with Supporting Documents" , 1841 - 1848
File — Box 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Photocopies pages of "Proceeding of the Friendly Moralist Society;" cover and content pages; holds pages 1-125.
Dates:
1841 - 1848
"The Rules and Regulations of the Friendly Moralist Society", undated
File — Box 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From "Free Black Benevolence in Antebellum Charleston;" photocopied transcripts, pages 300-310.
Dates:
undated
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- African American businesspeople -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American educators -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Photographs 1
- African American fraternal organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African Americans -- Race relations 1
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 1
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 19th century 1
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Societies, etc. 1
- Fraternal organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Free African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Free African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Societies, etc. 1
- Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 1
- Oral histories 1
- Photographs 1
- Racially mixed people -- United States -- History -- 19th century 1
- administrative records 1
- annual reports 1
- articles 1
- clippings files 1
- doctoral dissertations 1
- essays 1
- financial records 1
- interviews 1
- manuscripts for publication 1
- masters theses 1
- minutes (administrative records) 1
- newspapers 1
- reports 1
- rules of procedure 1
- school yearbooks 1
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