The correct answer to this open question is the following.
As the second source is incomplete and cannot be understood the way it was posted, we are going to focus on answering source number 1.
What was slavery like in South Carolina before 1865? Source 1: Interview with a former slave in 1936 -a black man collecting oral histories for the Federal Writers' Project.
According to this African American gentleman, slavery in South Carolina in 1865 was a tough condition for black people. South Carolina landlords had large plantations where black slaves had to work very hard for long hours. Since the early hours of the day until night, with very short periods of the recess to have meals. White owners were only interested in the production of crops to increase their wealth.
The African American gentleman said that before 1864, there were free African Americans in the countryside of South Carolina known as the "free blacks. However, their living conditions were difficult and the opportunities to grow couldn't be compared with the opportunities a white individual had in those times.
