Preface

Through slavery in South Carolina, through Reconstruction Era and beyond: the story of Martha Kitchings Seawright Ellison

Despite shortcomings. Defined by joviality and grittiness: The story of Robert Lee Seawright

Defined by moral values and clever foresight of wisdom: The story of Wallace Seawright, Sr.

Men of values: the stories of Roosevelt & Henry Edward Seawright

Generational pillars of their community: The story of Floster "Tan" and Nora Miles Ellison, Sr.

The legendary "Mr. Superstar of Gospel"

The story of Tommy Ellison

A life defined by purposeful living and benevolent service: the story of Floster L. Ellison, Jr.

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Appendix I. General picutres

Appendix II. The family churches

Appendix III. The Phillips family

Appendix IV. Juneteenth & the Freedom Labor Contract

Appendix V. The founding of Aiken County & the Hamburg Massacre

Appendix VI. The founding of Salley, South Carolina

Appendix VII. Ulysses Kitchings, Principal of Sardis School

Appendix VIII. The era of the turpentine industry in Wagener-Perry-Salley communities in the late 1800s

Appendix IX. The Corbett Family

Appendix X. The Ward One community

Appendix XI. Pacific Mills

Appendix XII. The Good Samaritan-Waverly Hospital

Appendix XIII. The Harlem Renaissance & Hotel Theresa

Appendix XIV. Schofield Normal and Industrial School

Appendix XV. Floster L. Ellison, Jr. college graduation records & experience

Appendix XVI. Floster L. Ellison, Jr. World War II Service

Appendix XVII. The Palmetto State Barber Association

Appendix XVIII. South Carolina State Board of Barber Examiners minutes

Appendix XX. Palmetto State Hospital

Appendix XIX. Crafts Farrow State Hospital

Appendix XX. The Staley Brothers

Appendix XXI. Tommy Ellison and the Five Singing Stars

Appendix XXII. The brick masonry work of Roosevelt & Henry Seawright

Appendix XXIII. Washington Street business district-Columbia's Black Wall Street

Appendix XXIV. The Waverly community

Appendix XXV. The Greenview community

Appendix XXVI. The Graniteville Manufacturing Company

Appendix XXVII. The Sawyerdale community

About the author

Acknowledgements.