Dynamic venture2021

  BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Independence Day in black America Reid Lee Harter ▲ History reminds us that blacks and whites settled together in very different positions and circumstances in South Carolina in April 1670. Blacks were taken from their native lands strictly against their desire. The general intent of whites was to use blacks as slave labor, enabling them to live and enjoy the fruits of colonization. As time progressed, the European settlers saw the need for more and more slave labor and in some cases, blacks outnumbered whites. At the time of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, blacks and whites in South Carolina had been living and working together and in their respective positions for a total of 106 years. At the signing of the Declaration by the Second Continental Congress, it was announced that the 13 colonies had been formed. All the members agreed to the following: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed b