This video segment is from an interview with Elliott "Junior" Manigault (1925 - 2007) of Bamberg, SC, taken from the Shared History documentary video archives, which includes material not used in the documentary (sharedhistory.org). Mr. Manigault was a farmer and descendant of Jim Rumph, the slave foreman at Woodlands Plantation in South Carolina. He farmed the Rumph family land as well as property at Woodlands.
Mr Manigault talks about some of the old ways of using signs when farming such as using the phases of the moon to predict rain.
To access the entire video, contact the South Caroliniana Library at the University of South Carolina. Visit http:/library.sc.edu/socar/oralhist for more information.
