Inventory of Bishop Smith Estate ID: 190 | This file appears in: Discovering African American History at the College of Charleston At his death, Bishop Robert Smith, the first president of the College, was the legal owner and enslaver of over 200 human beings. Other donors, trustees, presidents, faculty members, and students were also slave traders, slave owners and proponents of the institution of slavery. Courtesy of College of Charleston Libraries, Special Collections. Download Original File "Inventory of Bishop Smith Estate" appears in: Discovering African American History at the College of Charleston