Gullah Celebration, Hilton Head, SC

“Yellow Swing” by Jonathan Green
A nearly month-long series of events at various locations on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, featuring the arts, crafts, food, culture and history of the Gullah people, descendants of African slaves who settled on isolated sea islands and marsh areas between Wilmington, N.C., and Jacksonville, Fla., in the 19th century. For [...]

Boone Hall Plantation & Gardens, Mount Pleasant, SC

Manor House, Boone Hall Plantation, Mount Pleasant, NC
First established as a rice plantation; later converted to cotton, Boone Hall Plantation traces its history to a 1681 land grant to Major John Boone. The plantation features nine original slave cabins, which housed the plantation’s house servants and skilled craftsmen prior to the Civil War, as well [...]

Drayton Hall, Charleston SC

Completed in 1742 and home to over 7 generations of Drayton heirs, Drayton Hall offers visitors a small glimpse of life in the Colonial South. The main house and the surrounding 630-acre estate have survived the ravishes of the American Revolution, the Civil War, and many hurricanes in nearly original, but not necessarily pristine condition. The interior [...]

Remember Denmark Vesey of Charleston!, Charleston SC

Portrait of Denmark Vesey, Gailliard auditorium, Charleston, South Carolina
A respected free man and Methodist leader, Denmark Vesey planned one of the largest insurrections in history on Bastille Day, July 14, 1822, involving thousands of free and enslaved blacks who lived in and around Charleston. The plot called for Vesey and his group of slaves and [...]

Aiken-Rhett House, Charleston SC

Visiting the Aiken-Rhett House is like stepping into a time machine and traveling back to the Old South of 1858, two years before the outbreak of the Civil War. The compound, which includes stables, kitchens and slave quarters, is one of the most complete and authentic recreations of urban life of slaves and slave master of [...]

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