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

This perceptive study illuminates the complex relations between English settlers, Native people and Africans in the early ...

On the eve of the American Civil War, Democratic Sen. James Henry Hammond of South Carolina warned his Northern colleagues ...

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 ...

Yes, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds had their wedding at a former plantation, and controversy ensued. The A-list stars that we love and adore chose South Carolina's Boone Hall Plantation & Gardens ...

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 ...

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.

The plantation is located in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, which is across the river from downtown Charleston (about 15 miles by car). Admission includes entry onto the grounds and the first ...

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. 4 Killed in a Storm ...