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Charleston, South Carolina plantation transforms into a place of learning Every corner at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens tells a story of beauty -- and resilience Share Updated: 8:10 PM EDT May ...
Slavery is the reason my lineage exists in this country. Brought to coastal South Carolina in the 1730s, my ancestors were enslaved people whose labor helped make the state, at one point, one of ...
A recent cemetery restoration in South Carolina's Greenville County has left its Black residents with more questions than ...
The Burgess area farm, visited by hundreds of tourists each year, will soon change hands. Here’s what we know about the ...
South Carolina’s antebellum economy relied heavily on slave labor, especially in rice and cotton plantations that built generational wealth for some and generational trauma for others.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — "Living Legacies," a celebration of Black history, took place Saturday at Magnolia Plantation & Gardens. Guided by historians and artists from the Slave Dwelling ...
But centuries ago, it was a plantation home to thousands of slaves. "In the 19th century, what we call Botany Bay today was comprised of two different plantations," said Erin Weeks, the Media and ...
In or around 1825, John Andrew Jackson was born enslaved on a plantation in South Carolina and trained to spend his life picking cotton. But instead of living a life as a slave, he escaped bondage and ...
South Carolina’s antebellum economy relied heavily on slave labor, especially in rice and cotton plantations that built generational wealth for some and generational trauma for others.