When Elias Holtzclaw was born in 1790, in Greenville, South Carolina, United States, his father, Stephen Holtzclaw, was 21 and his mother, Alise Green, was 17.
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Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
After the Constitution was made, some objections were raised by Anti-Federalists. So, in response ten amendments were discussed and voted on to become The Bill of Rights. These rights were made to clarify and guarantee certain freedoms of residents of the country.
"In 1792, South Carolina passes a law called the ""head tax"" for all free African Americans from age 16-50. This tax was $2.00."
Americanized form of German Holzklau, which translates into modern German as ‘wood thief’, but is probably a nickname for someone who gathered wood, from Middle High German holz ‘wood’ + a derivative of klūben ‘to pick up, gather, steal’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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