slavery

“P” is for Port Royal Experiment. The Port Royal Experiment, also called the Sea Island Experiment, was an early humanitarian effort to prepare the former enslaved persons of the South Carolina Sea Islands for inclusion as free citizens in American public life.

“P” is for Port Royal Experiment. The Port Royal Experiment, also called the Sea Island Experiment, was an early humanitarian effort to prepare the former enslaved persons of the South Carolina Sea Islands for inclusion as free citizens in American public life.

“G” is for Grimké, Sarah Moore (1792-1873), and Angelina Emily Grimké (1805-1879). Abolitionists.

“G” is for Grimké, Sarah Moore (1792-1873), and Angelina Emily Grimké (1805-1879). Abolitionists.

Under the Trump administration, National Parks are being forced to remove anything that casts a negative light on America. And that could include slavery.

“S” is for Slave trade. The Atlantic slave trade was one of the most important demographic, social, and economic events of the modern era.

“S” is for Slave trade. The Atlantic slave trade was one of the most important demographic, social, and economic events of the modern era.

“S” is for slave religion. Enslaved Africans arriving in South Carolina brought their traditional belief systems with them and until the early nineteenth century Christianity only marginally affected them and their descendants.

“S” is for slave religion. Enslaved Africans arriving in South Carolina brought their traditional belief systems with them and until the early nineteenth century Christianity only marginally affected them and their descendants.

“S” is for slave patrols. Slave patrols were a crucial mechanism of slave control in the colonial and antebellum periods of South Carolina history.