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 ...

A viral video captured Barbara Vickers displaying and selling “Plantation Chilluns” Dolls at the Charleston City Market ...

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 ...

Edda Fields-Black gives a keynote speech for Juneteenth at Carnegie Mellon University in 2024 (Provided/Carnegie Mellon University) Edda Fields-Black was working on a book about rice plantations when ...

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.

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Stephen Schmutz, a Charleston attorney, left, and Dr. Bernard Powers Jr., founding executive ...

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 ...

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 ...

An escape from the hustle and bustle of Charleston, this one-time plantation offers a look at both America's dark history while also sharing a verdant garden.

It is the sound of sadness, joy and eternal hope, all in a few songs. For 27 years, Lynnette White has led the Plantation Singers a cappella group. They are a fixture at Halls Chophouse Sunday brunch, ...