South Carolina’s history is complex and enduring. From its role in the transatlantic slave trade to today’s heated debates over immigration policy, the state’s past continues to shape its politics and ...
CHARLESTON, SOAKING IN ITS BEAUTY AND HOSPITALITY, IT’S EASY TO FORGET THE DARKER CHAPTERS THAT UNFOLDED HERE. THE STORY OF THE ENSLAVED IN CHARLESTON FROM THE SHORES OF AFRICA TO THE AUCTION BLOCK OF ...
Two businessmen’s unusual conversion in 1700s South Carolina led them to liberate the people they put in bondage. At first glance, William Turpin and his business partner, Thomas Wadsworth, appeared ...
Enslaved farmhand John Andrew Jackson fled a plantation in Sumter County by riding a horse along the roads towards Charleston. This brazen escape happened in 1846, as he fled on Christmas Day by ...
Lexington County’s announcement that its offices will be closed May 9. (Graphic from the County of Lexington Facebook page) Salty emails began to pepper my inbox soon after my column calling for an ...
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Harvard University Agrees To Return Early Slave Pictures To South Carolina African-American Museum IAMM
The International African American Museum (IAMM) in South Carolina will soon be in possession of 175-year-old photos believed to be of early enslaved people after settling a 15-year legal battle ...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The historic South Carolina city of Charleston was removing a symbol of its legacy on Wednesday, sending crews to take away a statue honoring John C. Calhoun, an early U.S.
Ashworth, John. Slavery, Capitalism, and Politics in the Antebellum Republic, 1820-1850. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Berlin, Ira. Slaves without ...
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