Carolina’s Gold Coast: The Culture of Rice and Slavery
Coastal Heritage Magazine Carolina’s Gold Coast: The Culture of Rice and Slavery Rice plantations shaped and reshaped the lowcountry geography and economy, making Charleston one of the richest cities in the world, but it was a wealth built primarily on slave labor....
Emancipation Day: The Freed People of Port Royal
Coastal Heritage Magazine Emancipation Day: The Freed People of Port Royal On Emancipation Day—January 1, 1863—sea islanders of the Beaufort District realized what they must do to help defeat the Confederacy and keep their freedom. Freedom. This illustration shows the...
Carolina Diarist: The Broken World of Mary Chesnut
Coastal Heritage Magazine Carolina Diarist: The Broken World of Mary Chesnut Her compelling journal describes the four-year Confederate rebellion, which aimed to preserve slavery but led to its extinction in North America. Perspective. Photographed with her husband,...