Irish slaveholders in South Carolina 1670-1865
Harlston (Dublin), McKenna (Donegal) & Lynch (Monaghan)
Martine Brennan M.A. (Ireland)
'DNA doesn't lie!' in The stained and bloodied cloths of Ireland edit. Catherine Harper (Bloomsbury, 2025)

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​Payne-ful Business, Charleston's journey to truth
William Payne (Carlow) & John Torrans (Derry)
​Margaret Seidler  (Charleston, South Carolina)
payne-fulbusiness.com/



Rev. James Shannon 'Slavery's True Believer' (Monaghan)
Stacy Ashmore Cole (Liberty County, Georgia) 
​theyhadnames.net/







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Major Pierce Butler (Carlow)
Brian Sheffey (Charleston, South Carolina)
Director of the Family History Center, IAAMC
genealogyadventure.com/
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Search for an enslaved person or a slaveholder by name here or click the tags on the map.
​This map is 'live'. Please 'click' on any of the tags for  further information. Green tags indicate an Irish-born slaveholder with a known place of birth. ​Blue tags indicate an Irish-born slaveholder with a place of birth which is unknown or unclear at this time.
Database of Irish slaveholders in South Carolina compiled by Martine Brennan, Ireland www.enslavement-to-citizenship.com/#/ ​
Database of Irish slaveholders in South Carolina compiled by Martine Brennan, Ireland www.enslavement-to-citizenship.com/#/ 
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