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Championing history, preservation, and financial freedom through landownership
Jamestown Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization, located in Florence, S.C, was founded to preserve and promote Jamestown, a community founded in 1870 by former slaves Ervin and Nora James, who purchased 246 acres in the Pee Dee region for their descendants.
Ervin James’ desire was for his heirs to be able to live independently, free of debt and ownership by another man.
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To contribute is the actively provide and achieve. Jamestown Foundation contributes through broadening perspectives of the way life during the reconstruction era, lending itself to understanding the knowledge and aspirations of free Blacks that is very much rooted in the growth of American. Our campaign initiatives are
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Our Family History: The Story of Jamestown
South Carolina is full of southern history that is seeped into the soil from the Grand Strand to the Lowcountry and over to the Upstate. However, in Jamestown, a small community nestled in Florence County, a family meets every year to celebrate more than just a reunion. The James family meets on several acres of land dating back to the 1870s and their family’s patriarch, Ervin James.
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