Sunday, October 3, 2021

The students of the Radical University: Charles C. Levy

Charles Champion Levy (b. Abt. 1857)
South Carolina.  Mulatto.
Occupation: city mail agent, editor, lawyer.

The first historical record mentioning Charles C. Levy is the 1876 University of South Carolina catalogue.  He is listed as a freshman from Camden, South Carolina following the modern studies track.  The university closed before he finished his degree.

Levy moved back to Camden after the university closure, but by 1890, he had moved to Charleston and was working as a city mail agent.  He had left the state for Baltimore, Maryland by 1895.  In Baltimore, he worked as a lawyer, editor, and publisher.  He last appears in the historical record in 1917, in the Baltimore City Directory.

Sources
1). 1880; Census Place: Camden, Kershaw, South Carolina; Roll: 1232; Page: 103A; Enumeration District: 072

2). 1900; Census Place: Baltimore Ward 2, Baltimore City (Independent City), Maryland; Enumeration District: 0028

3). 1910; Census Place: Baltimore Ward 14, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland; Roll: T624_557; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 0220

4). Baltimore, Maryland, City Directory, 1917.

5). Charleston City Directory, 1890. Charleston, SC: Southern Directory and Publishing Co., 1890.

6). Baltimore, Maryland, City Directory, 1895

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