Slavery and The University

 Hollister, L. Morna. Dr. John A. McFall: And The Rise Of Jim Crow In Charleston. Carolouge: A Publication of the South Carolina Historical Society. Winter 2020. Vol. 36, NO. 3. 

 The journal article, Dr. John A. McFall: And The Rise Of Jim Crow In Charleston, addresses the challenges of living in Charleston as a Black man during the Jim Crow Era and gives insight into the genealogical history of Ellen Hargrove. Ellen Hargrove was a slave owned by Asbury Coward while living in Yorkville performing enslaved work at the King’s Mountain Military Academy. According to Hargrove family records, Asbury Coward fathered a biracial girl, Mary Anne McFall Hargrove, with Ellen Hargrove. This article serves as a critical starting point for researchers interested in former students and faculty of the Citadel’s involvement with the institution of slavery. 

Hollister, L. Morna. “Three Generations of South Carolina Feedwomen,” The NEHQ Register, the Journal of American Genealogy vol. 172, Winter: 33-42, Part 1. 

 The journal article, Three Generations of South Carolina Freedwomen: Tradition and Records Reconstruct a Meaningful Heritage: By Morna Lahnice Hollister, pertains to the reconstructed genealogical records of Ellen Hargrove as they relate to former Citadel student and President, Asbury Coward. Ellen Hargrove’s grandaughter, Charlotte McFall; who, maintained by family records, named a White man as her maternal grandfather. In accordance with Coward’s 1860 Slave Schedule Ellen, her mother Charlotte Brown, and Ellen’s first child Henry, Charlotte McFall’s Uncle, are listed.  This article will benefit researchers due to its investigations into the patrilineal relationship that links the McFall family to Asbury Coward. 

Roy Williams III, and Jr Alexander Lucas Lofton. Rice to Ruin : The Jonathan Lucas Family in South Carolina, 1783-1929. Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press, 2018.

 The book Rice to Ruin: The Jonathan Lucas Family in South Carolina, 1783-1929, details the genealogical history of the Lucas family and features the life of James Jonathan Lucas. J.J. Lucas was a former student of the Citadel and served on The Citadel’s Board of Visitors prior to the Civil War. Lucas was the first graduate of the Citadel to be elected to a legislative assembly and served as an Aide-de-camp for South Carolina Governor Johnson Hagood. During the War, Lucas served as a General for the Confederacy and participated in major events surrounding the Confederate defense of Charleston. The book as a whole is beneficial in that it highlights the family history of one of Charleston’s most impactful slave-owning families. Researchers will find chapters 14 and 16 the most useful as it relates to J.J. Lucas and the Citadel. These chapters give key insights into the life of J.J. Lucas and his impact on the Citadel and Charleston.