Abstract
Reconstruction of the kinship and community life of the recently freed people of South Carolina's Good Hope Plantation in the years following emancipation sheds light on the survival mechanisms utilized by African Americans in the 19th century. Following a forced move to Arkansas and Texas and the dislocations of the Civil War, the Good Hope people in Arkansas maintained a tightly knit community centered around their Church wich enabled them to purchase land, gain an education, and provide a system of mutual support. Their unity enhanced their ability to access formal institutions created to aid the freed men and women. People in Texas were more dispersed and less successful in maintaining these bonds. Although continuities were many, some marriage ties formed were severed, indicating the fragility of unions not cemented by birth of children.
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