Hastings Gantt

A formerly enslaved man turned businessman and landowner from Beaufort, South Carolina. Known for selling a part of his land that became the home of the Penn School (one of the first schools to educate formerly enslaved people) on St. Helena Island, South Carolina.

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Article

Article: A Performance to Preserve History

The Island News provides a March 26, 2015 article, written by "newsbyte," on an upcoming performance by the Stanford Talisman - a Stanford University…

Article

Article: After the Slaves Were Freed: Penn Center and the Port Royal Experiment

The National Trust for Historic Preservation features an August 11, 2016 article, by Bill Fitzpatrick, on a brief history of the Penn Center and the…

Historical Broadside

Historical Broadside: Roll of the Members of the House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina

The Library of Congress features a 1877 broadside that provides the roll call of the members of the South Carolina State House of Representatives.…

Biography

Biography: Penn Center [Hastings Gantt]

The South Carolina Encyclopedia features a 2016 article, by Marquetta L. Goodwine, on the Penn Center- one of the country's first schools for newly…

Modern Legislation

Legislation: HR 5358: A Bill to establish Penn School – Reconstruction Era National
Monument in the State of South Carolina as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes

Note: See p. 2, line 10 for Gantt reference. Govtrack presents a 2016 Congressional bill introduced by James E. Clyburn (D-SC), to establish "Penn…

Historical Newspaper

Historical Newspaper: Local Affairs [Hastings Gantt]

Note: See 1st column, 3rd paragraph.Chronicling America presents a March 26, 1874 article from the Port Royal Commercial and Beaufort County…

Historical Newspaper

Historical Newspaper: Our Distinguished Statesmen

Note: See 2nd column, 3rd to last paragraph. Racial epithets used and some language may be offensive to readers. Chronicling America presents a March…

Historical Newspaper

Historical Newspaper: The Experiment of Negro Suffrage and Its Results

Note: Some language may be offensive to readers. This article appears in the second and third columns on the first page.Chronicling America presents a…

Historical Newspaper

Historical Newspaper: The South and the Negro

Note: See 3rd column, 2nd paragraph. Chronicling America presents an October 6, 1907 article, by A. W. Dimock, from The Richmond Palladium and…

Historical Photograph

Historical Photograph: Hastings Gantt

The University of North Carolina Special Collections Library provides a 1907 historical photo of Hastings Gantt - a formerly enslaved man turned…

Historical Photograph

Historical Photograph: Hastings Gantt

The University of North Carolina Special Collections Library provides a 1907 historical photo of Hastings Gantt - a formerly enslaved man turned…

Historical Photograph

Historical Photograph: Hastings Gantt's Home on Corner Plantation

The University of North Carolina Special Collections Library provides a 1909 historical photo of Hastings Gantt's home on St. Helena Island, South…

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