Tracing South Carolina Family History: An Evening at Estelle Colored Glass with 10 Million Names
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Tracing South Carolina Family History: An Evening at Estelle Colored Glass with 10 Million Names
Tracing South Carolina Family History: An Evening at Estelle Colored Glass with 10 Million Names
Tuesday, June 2, 2026, 4:30pm-6:30pm
Estelle Colored Glass
236 King Street, Charleston, SC 29401
10 Million Names is a genealogical project that aims to recover and make accessible the names and family histories of the 10 million individuals enslaved in the United States before 1865—honoring their legacies, restoring ancestral connections, and building an inclusive historical record for all Americans. The city of Charleston is a central part of this story, and the work ahead. With this event, we are hoping to continue to expand our circle of leaders and friends in support of the 10 Million Names hub in Charleston.
The cocktail reception will include a conversation with Stephanie Summerson Hall, Kendra Field, and Thavolia Glymph on the power of family history. This conversation will feature 10 Million Names research into the family history of Stephanie’s grandmother (and namesake of Estelle Colored Glass), Estelle Summerson Williams.
10 Million Names is a project of American Ancestors. Founded in 1845, American Ancestors is the oldest genealogical society established in the United States.
In Conversation
Stephanie Summerson Hall is the Founder & CEO of Estelle Colored Glass, a luxury brand of hand-blown glassware inspired by her grandmother’s vintage collection. Since launching in 2019, Estelle has gained national recognition and has been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Martha Stewart magazine, and Veranda. Stephanie earned her law degree from the University of North Carolina School of Law and her undergraduate degree from the University of South Carolina. Through her brand, she’s reviving the tradition of colorful glassware with modern elegance and heirloom-worthy pieces that tell a story.
Dr. Kendra Taira Field is Associate Professor of History and Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at Tufts University. Field is the author of Growing Up with the Country: Family, Race, and Nation after the Civil War (Yale, 2018). Her current book project, The Stories We Tell (W.W. Norton) is a history of African American genealogy and storytelling from the Middle Passage to the present. As a public historian, Field co-founded the African American Trail Project and the Du Bois Forum, a retreat for writers, scholars, and artists of color; served as project historian for the Du Bois Freedom Center; and co-curated “We Who Believe In Freedom: Black Feminist DC,” the inaugural exhibition (2023) of the National Women’s History Museum.
Thavolia Glymph is Peabody Family Distinguished Professor of History, Professor of Law, Faculty Research Scholar at the Duke Population Research Institute (DUPRI), and associate chair of the Department of History. She is president-elect of the American Historical Association. Glymph's research and teaching fields are slavery, emancipation, plantation societies and economies, gender and women’s history, and the Civil War history and Reconstruction.