For many African Americans and some others, the historic plantations of the Lowcountry are problematic places where past cruelty converges with the contemporary tourist economy. These historic sites ...

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 OF ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Thursday is Juneteenth, a holiday which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States and people throughout the Lowcountry are set to celebrate. Juneteenth, also known ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, while beautiful, holds a complex and painful legacy. It's one thing to hear the history. However, to personally explore and experience how ...

A historic rice plantation today is a place of contradictions. It's beauty is undeniable, with its lush gardens, moss-draped live oaks, scenic waterways and beautifully built residences. Many of these ...

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 ...

Stephen Schmutz, a Charleston attorney, left, and Dr. Bernard Powers Jr., founding executive director of the Center for the Study of Slavery in Charleston at the College of Charleston, on Oct. 11 will ...

Some of Charleston’s most revealing stories live outside its most visited attractions. It lingers in overlooked neighborhoods, backstreets and structures once central to resistance and everyday life.

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Magnolia Plantation & Gardens has been used for 345 years, and in that time, has seen beauty, robust farming and wealth. It has also seen the transition from the horror of slavery ...

Charleston, South Carolina, is a historic port city founded in 1670 and rich with preserved architecture. The International African American Museum, located on the former wharf site, offers powerful ...