Brister English
Project
HomeResourcesArchiveB.E.PressEducatorsSupport

Explore

ProjectsNetworkBlack Business DirectoryName SearchState Newspapers3,096 NamesEnslaved Labor PayrollsFreedmen's BureauSlave NarrativesNautilus Insurance

Tools & More

Reclaim the RecordsTranscribePress Kit
← Back to the Enslaver Index

Jim Smith

South Carolina · 1 record

Not yet reviewed

Name details

Roles in the records
Enslaver
Collections
WPA interviews

Enslaved people tied to this name

Lewis Evans

Where this name appears

WPA interviews

Jim SmithEnslaverSouth Carolina

People named: Lewis Evans

I've been livin' in dis home, free of rent, given me for life by Mr. Jim Smith, 'cause I was his faithful servant twenty years.

View the record

These may be the same person spelled a different way. They have not been confirmed.

ENS-000450 (same name, Georgia)ENS-005235 (same name, Arkansas)ENS-000193 (same surname, compatible first name)ENS-000274 (same surname, compatible first name)ENS-000661 (same surname, compatible first name)ENS-001016 (same surname, compatible first name)ENS-001060 (same surname, compatible first name)ENS-002064 (same surname, compatible first name)ENS-002638 (same surname, compatible first name)ENS-004912 (same surname, compatible first name)ENS-004936 (same surname, compatible first name)ENS-005008 (same surname, compatible first name)ENS-022323 (same surname, compatible first name)ENS-023375 (same surname, compatible first name)ENS-023403 (same surname, compatible first name)
B
Brister English
Project

Helping descendants of chattel slavery find their people in the records that tried to erase them.

Explore

  • Home
  • Resources
  • Archive
  • B.E.Press
  • Educators
  • Support

Community

  • Projects
  • Network
  • Black Business Directory
  • Name Search
  • State Newspapers
  • 3,096 Names
  • Enslaved Labor Payrolls
  • Freedmen's Bureau
  • Slave Narratives
  • Nautilus Insurance
  • Reclaim the Records
  • Transcribe
  • Press Kit

Support the Work

Every dollar keeps this archive free for everyone.

Instagram: @FormerLovePoet

TikTok: @FormerLovePoet

YouTube: Brister English Project

© 2026 Brister English Project. Founded by Walter English.

·About ·Contact