From the Backs of Slaves to the Presidency

By Arthur L. Sanders

From the
Backs of Slaves

To The
Presidency

The journey - over five generations -
of one Southern, Afro-American family
as they witness, and rejoice in, the
shift in American culture and mores
over that time span.

Arthur L. Sanders

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: May 26, 2016
• ISBN: 9781524610647

Arthur L. Sanders

 

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From the

Backs of Slaves

to the

Presidency

Arthur L. Sanders

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Published by AuthorHouse 07/13/2016

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Contents

The Genealogical Tree of William and Nancy Sanders

The Roots of Mary Ella Anderson Sanders

The Roots of Charlie Sanders

Perry Foster Sr., Father of Ellen Foster Sanders 1875-1937

Estelle Daught Smith Foster 1882-1954

Sebia Foster-Macon-Haney 1903-1970

Lula Foster White 1906-1993

Thomas Bubba Foster

Perry Man Foster Jr. 1910-1956

Victoria Foster Williams 1911-1973

Ellen Foster Sanders 1915-1980

Jessie Bell Foster Ritter 1917-1942

De las Espaldas de Esclavos A LA PRESIDENCIA

Perry Fomenta, Sr.1875-1937

Estela Daught Smith Fomenta1882-1954

Sebia Fomenta Macon Haney1903-1970

Lula Fomenta Blanco1906-1993

Thomas Bubba Fomenta

Perry Hombre Adoptivo, Jr…..1910-1956

Victoria Fomenta William1911-1973

Ellen Fomenta Lijadoras1915-1980

La Campana de Jessie Fomenta Ritter1917-1942

About the Author

Arthur L. Sanders

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Mr. Arthur Sanders

Born January 12, 1884

Departed this life, February 20, 1968

The Genealogical Tree of William and

Nancy Sanders

Around 1820, a child was born into slavery in the St. James, Goose Creek area of the Charleston District. His name was William Sanders. Living and enduring under the tragic slavery system, he was able to survive. He was united into matrimony to another slave by the name of Nancy (b. 1830), whose last name is unknown. From this union, they bore at least six children: Derry (b. 1849 and on some documents named Derrell), Class (b. 1850), George (b. 1854), Frank (b. 1856), May (b. 1863), and Johnny (b. 1865).

Derry, the oldest child, was thirteen years old when Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in 1862. This was a period of transition in which freedom for many black Americans would prove to be an exciting, yet strange and bewildering, time. Derry became a wage-earning foreman at the Walnut Grove Plantation, which is currently located in Eutawville, South Carolina. The plantation owner needed hired hands to cultivate his vast acreage. Derry was to oversee the activities of the field-workers who, like himself, were also wage earners. While at the plantation, Derry also learned the butchery trade. His expertise as a butcher was sought out and utilized by many farmers and plantation owners in the area.

The Sanders’ second son, Class, was united in matrimony to Laura Holman. To this union, at least eight children were born: Maggie, Emmaline, William, Alice, Anniebell, Arthur, Lewis, and Big Annie. Of these siblings, we only have a sketchy knowledge of four—Arthur, Emmaline (AKA Emma), Lewis, and William.

We are most fortunate and grateful to have found the information we have. Arthur, according to the 1900 Census, cited his birth as the year 1884. Sometime after the 1900 United States Census, Arthur married Lula Joyner. To this union, possibly six children were born: Stephen, William (a.k.a. Billy), Linnie, Elease, Daisy, and Hazel.

However, we have information only on Billy. His union to Ellen Foster brought forth nine children: Arthur, William Joe Jr., David Lee, James, Josephine, Jerome Walter, Ruth, Charlie, and Marion. Billy also had other children named Hazel, Sherrell, Sister Lula Mae, Dorothy, Clery, and Brother Edward.

Class’s daughter, Emmaline, married William Richburg and bore at least one child, Frances. Leon Snider married Frances and had seven children: Augustine, Mary, Winnie Mae, Bennie, Minnie, Frank, and Mary Lee. Frances died in June 2005 at the age of 109.

The fourth child of Class was Lewis. Born in 1875, he died in 1938. During his marriage to Bertha Lee Watson, nine children were born of this union: Mannie, Carrie Bell, Clarence, Maybell, Loudell, Joseph, Samuel, Annie Lou, and Jessie. Lewis was also married to Minnie (last name unknown) and had four children: Myrtle Lee, Mongolin, Allen, and Johnnie. Some of these children relocated to Chieftain, Florida.

According to the 1900 Federal Census, William was born in 1882. He married Minnie Bellinger and sired ten children: Hallie, Joe Bland, Nettle, Frances, Louise, Dorothy, Vivia, Arbel,