Charleston Black Heritage” – The Official Visitors Guide highlights african americans unique contribution to the culture and history of Charleston, one of the nation’s most historic cities, and the Lowcountry. The guide also covers businesses, restaurants, and other establishments that offer an African-American flavor. For more information, visit the website.

Once a school for freed slaves, Avery Research Center for African-American History and Culture Collections was established to collect, preserve, and make public the unique historical and cultural heritage of African Americans in Charleston and the South Carolina Low Country. The Center’s collection includes slavery artifacts (manacles, bills of sale, slave badges), old manuscripts, and [...]

In 1821, Denmark Vesey’s home was the meeting place to organize what is considered the most extensive black insurrection in American history, involving thousands of free and enslaved blacks in the Charleston area. Address: 56 Bull Street, Charleston, SC 29424 USA Phone: 843/953-7609 Map & Driving Directions

  Located in Charleston’s Old and Historic District, Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church is the oldest A.M.E. Church in the South and the second oldest A.M.E. Church in the world.  In 1822 the church was investigated for its involvement with a planned slave revolt by,one of the church’s founders, Denmark Vesey. During the Vesey controversy, [...]