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Mary Jane Bennett talks about when basketmaking began and subsequent changes.
Charleston
“Charleston County and the city of Charleston, its county seat, are the most historic locations in the state.”
“Charleston County and the city of Charleston, its county seat, are the most historic locations in the state.” Situated in the Lowcountry, the county serves as a popular vacation destination but also relies on the business that results from its port. The area in general serves as a large cultural and economic hub for the state.
Charleston County was founded as Charleston District in 1769, and the district became smaller after some of its lands were used to create Colleton and Berkeley counties. The county and its seat were named after King Charles II.
The city and county are saturated with Revolutionary War and Civil War history. Three signers of the United States Constitution and two famous abolitionists resided in Charleston County, and the Civil War began when soldiers fired shots from the county’s Fort Sumter.
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Mary Jane Bennett talks about selling baskets at fairs and shows.
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Basketmaker from Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. Mary Jane and husband Jessie come from a long line of basketmakers. Mary Jane would make trips to Charleston as a young girl to deliver her mother's...
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Louise White talks about the "Bone," the tool used to make baskets.
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Louise White talks about why her basket stand is on a particular side of the highway.
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Louise White hopes younger people will take up basketmaking.
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Louise White talks about the best time to sell baskets.
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Henrietta Snype talks about the purse basket.
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Henrietta Snype talks about her dependence on her basketmaking tool.
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Henrietta Snype occasionally gives baskets as gifts.
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Henrietta Snype shares how long it takes her to make baskets.
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Basketmaker from Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina.
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A master at her craft, Geneva Loewe made quilts for over 50 years. She learned to sew pieced and appliqued quilts from her maternal grandmother, Mary Porcher, who also practiced midwifery in the...
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Ernest Middleton loves electricity. At 14, Middleton says his life was not going in the right direction and his mother decided to send him to his uncle, an electrician. Together, the pair did wiring...
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Recently, the South Carolina Ports Authority exported its two millionth BMW which was manufactured at the plant in Greer. Plans are underway to deepen the Port, which will expand the Port's...
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Sonny Morrison on his unique invention the turtle excluder, a device for fishing nets that allows turtles to escape while keeping the fish.
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Sonny Morrison on the shape of a net.
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Morrison on the placement of turtle excluders on his nets.
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Sonny Morrison on sea conditions and storms.
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Morrison on using hand signals.
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Sonny Morrison on his first fish nets.
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What it means if one dreams about an egg or about water
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Story of girls whose mother didn’t want them to speak Gullah
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