Freedom Begin

....our knowledge of the story of Ben Simmons connects us  to the history of the town and will endures through us the  descendants and the impact of the first taste of African American independence. Mitchelville truly is: “Where Freedom Began”

insert the PowerPoint Story about Charles Simmons son of Ben Simmons who was the son of Ben Simons born around 1853-who I believe was  a slave and became a freeman  around 1861- I found htis Freedmen’s Labor Contract
Colleton District, June 1865-Feb. 1868
Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872
NARA Micropublication M1910
Roll 103, Target 5
TITLE OF CONTRACT:
F.C. Schultz with Benj Simons
DATE OF CONTRACT:
January 4, 1866
PLACES MENTIONED IN CONTRACT:
Colleton District
South Carolina
NAMES OF FREEDPERSONS:
Ben Simons
Collecton SC-is also where I found record tht ASA Mack  as a child -working  as a slave on the Jones Plantation ...