John C. Calhoun established Fort Hill cotton plantation in 1825. It would later become the home of Thomas Green Clemson, who upon his death in 1888, would will the land that would become Clemson University to the state of South Carolina. Prior to emancipation, there were at least 139 enslaved African Americans working on the plantation, as recorded in 1865. This digital archive is a compilation of primary sources relating to enslaved persons at Fort Hill and an attempt to document and recognize their contributions.