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 ...
HARDEEVILLE, S.C. — In late October, Marion “Rollen” Chalmers stood next to a rice field ringed by pines and palm trees. He pointed out roseate spoonbills as the birds launched from their perches, ...
A CAROLINA RICE PLANTATION OF THE FIFTIES—Herbert Ravenel Sass—Morrow ($10). The Rice Coast of South Carolina is fed by eleven rivers whose names read like one of the patriotic catalogs in Whitman’s ...
After the Civil War and the end of slavery, it gradually became uneconomic to produce rice in South Carolina. The rice plantations, mills and traders that once brought so much wealth into Charleston ...
HARDEEVILLE, S.C. — In late October, Marion “Rollen” Chalmers stood next to a rice field ringed by pines and palm trees. He pointed out roseate spoonbills as the birds launched from their perches, ...
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