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Slavery in South Carolina

Learn about the economics and hardships of slavery in South Carolina

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A Daring Escape: The Planter | Periscope

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A Daring Escape: The Planter | Periscope
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On the evening of May 12, 1862, the captain and officers of the Planter left the ship to spend the night on the shore. Robert and the rest of the slave crew had to stay on board under captain's orders...
Robert Smalls | Periscope

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Robert Smalls | Periscope
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In 1839, Robert Smalls was born into slavery in Beaufort, South Carolina. As a slave, he worked in the Charleston shipyards. After learning the local harbor and surrounding waters, 23-year-old Robert...
Daniel Decatur Emmitt | Eye on the Past Slave Hire System | Eye on the Past

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Slave Hire System | Eye on the Past
History of slavery in urban settings and the tags worn by slaves who were hired to work for the city or for other slave owners in cities like Charleston, Savannah, Mobile, and Norfolk. Laws required...
Gullah on Boone Hall Plantation | Connections

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Gullah on Boone Hall Plantation | Connections
Sharon Murray talks about her role in teaching the Gullah culture and language at the Boone Hall Plantation. She also shares the history of the Gullah.
Gullah People | Gullah Net

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Gullah People | Gullah Net
Gullah communities are located where enslaved Africans once lived and worked on Sea Island plantations that were owned by American colonists. Native Americans were also part of these communities. The...
Gullah History | Gullah Net

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Gullah History | Gullah Net
From West Africa During the late 1600s, English settlers in the new colonies needed more workers to farm thousands of acres of land on Sea Island plantations. Although some of the workers were Native...
Gullah Culture | The Palmetto Special Rice Cultivation

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Rice Cultivation
Paul then leaves to check on some trucks at one of his plantations. There he visits two slaves, Tricia and John Judah, who describe for him the functional operation of the Trunk System. This was...
Praise House | Gullah Music

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Praise House | Gullah Music
Students will understand how enslaved Africans created music for their worship experience. Religious meetings in “praise houses” provided the spiritual outlet for enslaved Africans on the plantation...
Secret Code | Gullah Music

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Secret Code | Gullah Music
Students will understand that music and material culture became a mode of covert communication between slaves. Aunt Pearlie Sue is our guide as students uncover hidden messages in the work songs...
Work Song | Gullah Music

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Work Song | Gullah Music
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Enslaved Africans sang songs as they worked to help keep the pace of the task they were doing. A leader called out a verse or yell and others responded. This is the call-and-response singing tradition...
Middle Passage | Gullah Music

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Middle Passage | Gullah Music
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European slave traders brought Africans to the New World on ships as early as the 1400s. These voyages across the Atlantic Ocean are called the Middle Passage. It was a terrible experience for the...
Spirituals | Gullah Music

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Spirituals | Gullah Music
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Spirituals developed at the same time as work songs on the plantations. Although they were religious songs with a Christian message, spirituals were also heartfelt expressions of the slave experience...
Old Man River | Digital Traditions

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Old Man River | Digital Traditions
Smith singing at the 1988 Harborwalk Festival in Georgetown, SC. Aired on "Midday 5" program with WCSC-TV in Charleston, South Carolina
Family Across the Sea, Part 4 | SCETV Specials (1990) 4

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Family Across the Sea, Part 4 | SCETV Specials (1990)
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Family Across the Sea, Part 4 Like the Black Seminoles who fled white civilization, blacks began to return to Africa in the 19th century. Historian Alpha Bah has studied the return of blacks to Sierra...
Family Across the Sea, Part 3 | SCETV Specials (1990) 3

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Family Across the Sea, Part 3 | SCETV Specials (1990)
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Family Across the Sea, Part 3 Anthropologist Joe Opala has studied the history of slavery from the African side of the ocean. He has tracked a remarkable series of connections that end in Charleston...
Family Across the Sea, Part 2 | SCETV Specials (1990) 2

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Family Across the Sea, Part 2 | SCETV Specials (1990)
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Family Across the Sea, Part 2 A young black scholar named Lorenzo Turner began to research Gullah culture and language. Folklorists and historians who had studied this culture before Turner and...
Family Across the Sea, Part 1 | SCETV Specials (1990) 1

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Family Across the Sea, Part 1 | SCETV Specials (1990)
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Family Across the Sea, Part 1 This award-winning program explores the remarkable connections between the Gullah of the South Carolina/Georgia Sea Islands and the people of West Africa, particularly...
Florence: A Renaissance Spirit: Early History | Carolina Stories - Episode 1 Tenant Farmers | Pee Dee Explorer

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Tenant Farmers | Pee Dee Explorer
Learn the history of African-American tenant farmers during the era of reconstruction as Karl McAlis ter , Francis Marion University Librarian, takes us on a tour of the two remaining hewn timber...
Florence: A Renaissance Spirit: Early History | Carolina Stories - Episode 1 West African Slaves | Pee Dee Explorer

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West African Slaves | Pee Dee Explorer
Find out how slaves were transported from West Africa to South Carolina. Also, discover the culture and language influences as Karl McAlister, Francis Marion University Librarian, takes us on a tour...
Florence: A Renaissance Spirit: Early History | Carolina Stories - Episode 1 Hewn Timber Cabins | Pee Dee Explorer

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Hewn Timber Cabins | Pee Dee Explorer
Examine the life of African American slaves as Karl McAlister, Francis Marion University Librarian, takes us on a tour of the two remaining hewn timber cabins from the Gregg Plantation in Florence...
Colonial Williamsburg, Part 2 | Project Discovery Revisited Avery Research Center | Project Discovery Revisited

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Avery Research Center | Project Discovery Revisited
Charleston, South Carolina, is a city rich in African American culture. Sullivan’s Island, once an entry port from Africa for the slave trade, was considered the gateway to the United States. The...