| 词条 | Joshua John Ward |
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| name = Joshua John Ward | birth_date = {{birth date|1800|11|24}} | birth_place = Brookgreen Plantation, Georgetown County, South Carolina | death_date = {{death date and age|1853|02|27|1800|11|24}} | death_place = Brookgreen Plantation Georgetown County, S.C. | nationality = American | known_for = America's largest slaveholder. | occupation = Rice farmer, plantation owner, slaveholder }}Joshua John Ward, of Georgetown County, South Carolina, was the largest American slaveholder,[1] dubbed "the king of the rice planters".[2] In 1850 he held 1,092 slaves;[2] Ward was the largest slaveholder in the United States during his lifetime. In 1860 his heirs (his estate) held 1,130 or 1,131 slaves.[1][2] One of his plantations, the Brookgreen Plantation, is now part of a park called Brookgreen Gardens. CareerIn addition to his rice plantations, Ward served as the 44th Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina from 1850 to 1852, as a Democrat, under Governor John Hugh Means. Family historyWard was born November 24, 1800, at Brookgreen Plantation, South Carolina, the son of Joshua Ward, a planter and banker, and Elizabeth Cook. He was married March 14, 1825, in South Carolina to Joanna Douglas Hasell, and died February 27, 1853, at Brookgreen Plantation.[3] References1. ^1 The Sixteen Largest American Slaveholders from 1860 Slave Census Schedules, Transcribed by Tom Blake, April to July 2001, (updated October, 2001 and December 2004 – now includes 19 holders) {{refbegin}}2. ^1 2 "Boundaries and Opportunities: Comparing Slave Family Formation in the Antebellum South", Damian Alan Pargas, Journal of Family History, 2008; 33; 316, {{doi|10.1177/0363199008318919}} 3. ^Joshua John Ward / Joanna Douglas Hasell
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