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Matilda "Tiller" Calhoun was born into slavery at Fort Hill and was listed on the 1865 appraisal with her father, Sharper, when she was 8 years old. According to Clemson University, this photograph is believed to be of Tiller.

Nancy Calhoun Legree was born into slavery and is believed to be 106 in this photograph. Nancy continued to work for Thomas Green Clemson at Fort Hill even after emancipation.

A.D. Carson, a former Clemson doctoral student, wrote this poem and produced the video as part of the See the Stripes campaign. This student-led campaign called for Clemson University to recognize its complete history, including the history of…

Susan Clemson Richardson was enslaved at Fort Hill where she helped care for the Clemson children as a teenager. She often slept in the room adjacent to Anna Maria Clemson with a string tied to her wrist so that she could be awoken in the middle of…

The Frusters were enslaved at Fort Hill until emancipation. Following the Civil War, they continued to work for Thomas Green Clemson as farm laborers. After Clemson's death, they worked the land that had become Clemson College and would go on to…

Thomas Green Clemson writes this letter to John C. Calhoun while living in Belgium. Clemson was concerned about his plantation at Cane Brake and seeking advice about selling the plantation. He did, however, wish to retain the 37 enslaved persons he…