Even on plantations without any Native people ... Native people and Africans and the evolution of early South Carolina in the Atlantic world. Reviewer Bernard E. Powers Jr. is director of the ...

Descendants of people enslaved at the site are grappling with its complicated history while also honoring the region's rich ...

thousands of Africans were being imported each year to the colony of South Carolina, where they were forced to work in clearing land and cultivating the rapidly expanding rice plantations ...

A judge allowed Hix to search the property amid a legal battle with real estate developer, Spano & Associates, Inc. The ...

South Carolina, September 9 ... in St. Augustine would give a positive reception to slaves escaping from Carolina plantations. But what may have actually triggered the rebellion on September ...

CEO of Explore Charleston in South Carolina, in a statement. “Another reality is that special events, including weddings held at plantations, support hundreds of jobs and provide the funding ...

Formerly privately owned and the site of two plantations, the land is now managed by the South Carolina Department of Natural ...

This small island is home to a community of Gullah people, who are the descendants of enslaved West Africans brought to South Carolina, North Carolina, Florida and Georgia to work on plantations.

Largely agricultural, settlers relied heavily on the slave trade to work rice and indigo plantations, and by 1720 slaves made up a majority of South Carolina's population. $1.8 Billion Isn't ...