By Lynda Abegg
Special to the Courier
news@thepccourier.com

CLEMSON — More than 100 members of the Pickens family traveled from ten states to attend the Pickens family reunion. They gather to reconnect, share memories, and create new bonds of fellowship. These family members are descendants of African Americans who were once enslaved by the Pickens’ family.

One of the highlights of the reunion is a visit to Hopewell Plantation in Clemson. Hopewell was built on land owned by Gen. Andrew Pickens. During the Revolutionary

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