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 ...
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 Project, the ...
In The Quarters and the Fields, Damian Pargas provides a unique approach to the examination of slavery. Rather than focusing on slave work and family life on cotton plantations, he compares the ...
Inside a small art studio not far from Atlanta, 67-year-old Basil Watson is shaping history. The Jamaican-born artist is creating a sculpture of Robert Smalls, the historic South Carolina lawmaker who ...
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 ...
The shooting occurred shortly before 1 a.m. on Oct. 12 at Willie’s Bar and Grill on St. Helena Island in South Carolina.