Liberty Hill (S.C.)

Abstract Alada Shinault-Small, MA, CIG, is a Charleston storyteller, writer, historian, artistic and cultural consultant on African American and Gullah-related topics. Shinault-Small conducted the interviews for this collection while a graduate student in history at the University of Charleston/The Citadel. Shinault-Small serves as Director of Operations for Sights and Insights Tours, Inc. The collection holds four oral histories with different African American women in the Charleston...

Abstract The Lecque family of Liberty Hill, South Carolina, was an African American family consisting largely of farmers and brickmasons. The family was one of the founding families of the Liberty Hill community (in North Charleston), which was established by Freedmen circa 1864-1867 along the railroad tracks to Mixon Avenue and along Montague Avenue. In 1871, William Lecque along with three other African American men (Ismael Grant, Aaron Middleton, and Plenty Lecque) established the oldest church in...