Further Reading
For More Information About African Americans at Fort Hill:
Call My Name, created by Dr. Rhondda Thomas, explores the history of African Americans at Fort Hill, beginning with enslaved African Americans and through the integration of Clemson University with the enrollment of student Harvey Gantt. Dr. Rhondda Thomas became interested in the history of slavery at Fort Hill during a campus tour and has since led this project to uncover more of the history of Clemson.
The Clemson University Historic Properties website provides information about the history of Fort Hill and Clemson's founders. This page specifically looks at the history of African Americans at Fort Hill, their enslavement, and the ways they resisted.
This article, written by Dr. Rhondda Thomas, discusses the ways that Clemson University has remembered its history with African Americans, beginning with those enslaved at Fort Hill. Thomas asserts that by understanding the role of African Americans and how they have been remembered, we can get a fuller, and more accurate, image of Clemson's history.
This book, written by Jim Megginson, takes a look at the lives of African Americans in the upstate of South Carolina beginning in 1780 and ending in 1900. Included in this are several anecdotes on those who were enslaved at Fort Hill, including people like Susan, Issey, and Aleck.