sentences:  Ellenton, South Carolina
  
  Ellenton was a town that was on the border between Barnwell and Aiken counties, South Carolina, United States.Settled "circa" 1870, it was the site in September 1876 of a violent attack against blacks over several days by white militia, resulting in the death of at least 35 blacks and likely as many as 100, part of efforts to intimidate blacks by violence prior to the fall elections to suppress their voting.