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There is talk of war in December, 1860. The southern states threaten to secede if Abraham Lincoln is elected President. Lincoln’s election results in the formation of the southern Confederate States...
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Host Aunt Pearlie Sue has a story to tell: Christmas Eve of December 1860 also happens to be the eve of the American Civil War. The life of slavery weighs heavily on the hearts of those who work on...
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Thomas Lamar farms cotton on the family land granted by the King of England. Thomas’ brother, Charles, makes a bold move to reopen the African slave trade in defiance of a federal ban. Talk of...
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“U” is for Unionists. Unionists in South Carolina were anti-scessionists and supporters of the federal Union in the decades prior to the Civil War—especially during the Nullification Crisis of the...
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A group of women with their infants in front of a row of slave cabins on a plantation in the Beaufort Area. Hubbard and Mix photograph from about 1865. From the Penn School Collection. Permission...
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Due to lack of funding, construction on Fort Sumter slowed. Fort Moultrie also suffered from monetary issues, and as a result, the fort was not properly armed, garrisoned, or reinforced. Major Robert...
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In this segment, Dr. Watson discusses how people figured out ways get around slave laws.
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In this segment, Dr. McPherson details the impact of President Abraham Lincoln’s election victory on the South, before the Civil War. Lincoln's victory is seen as one of the key motivations the South...
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Dr. Stern goes into the South’s reaction to the Witherspoon Murder, and how people in the South were cautious regarding the threat of slave rebellions. She then analyzes Mary Chesnut’s use of the...
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"B" is for Bennett, Thomas, Jr. [1781-1865]. Governor.