CHEROKEE PLANTATION SOUTH CAROLINA HOME MOVIE AFRICAN AMERICAN BAPTISM SHARECROPPERS XD50934

Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website Shot by an unknown visitor, this recently discovered, extraordinary silent 16mm film shows views of the Cherokee Plantation in Yemassee, South Carolina, as well as a baptism ceremony. It likely dates to the 1940s. This film has an interesting story -- it was discovered in the trash by NYC resident Stewart Greenstein, who recognized that it was historically important and saved it. He held onto it for over two decades before turning it over to Periscope Film for preservation and digitization. The Cherokee Plantation shown in the film, also known as the Board House, is now a 7,000-acre private golf and sporting club. It was originally part of a land grant to Joseph Blake in 1690. The plantation relied on slave labor up until the tim