'It is a story that involves the juxtaposition of profit and power versus the human cost.' The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture will display the largest and most ...

Gullah Geechee Tours provides a focused perspective on Charleston’s role in the transatlantic slave trade and African American history. Chief Godfrey Gullah Jac, a certified Charleston Gullah ...

For Bernard Powers, Charleston is full of contradictions. It's a place enriched by Black history, but unless you know where to look and what you are looking at, you will miss it, he said. Three years ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The city of Charleston has no shortage of layered history, some remaining uncovered. But one department at the College of Charleston is working to change that with a ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD)–On Friday, the College of Charleston Center for the Study of Slavery unveiled a new historical marker recognizing the dark history of the slave trade in Charleston. During the ...

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 ...

A mile from where ships dropped shackled Africans off by the thousands and inside a city hall built by forced labor, council members gathered Tuesday to finally apologize for Charleston's role in the ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A former slave’s attempt to lead a rebellion in Charleston during the summer of 1822 would forever alter life in the Lowcountry, even though the uprising never occurred.

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CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Members of the Charleston Commission on History say they're committed to further discussion and education when it comes to a controversial College of Charleston housing ...

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