When you wander among the picturesque historic houses of Charleston, S.C., it can be easy to forget that this port city built its prosperity on decades of horror. Charleston is “where nearly half of the captive Africans dragged to this continent were first sold,” writes Edward Ball, a historian and the author of “Slaves in the …
Bernard Powers, professor emeritus of history and director of the College of Charleston’s Center for the Study of Slavery in Charleston, has published an article in The Conversation reflecting on the significance of the recent opening of the International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina. Read More
Before Congress ended the transatlantic slave trade in 1808, the Port of Charleston was the nation’s epicenter of human trafficking. Almost half of the estimated 400,000 African people imported into what became the United States were brought to that Southern city, and a substantial number took their first steps on American soil at Gadsden’s Wharf on the Cooper River. Read More
The power of resilience can be felt throughout the new International African-American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina. The $120 million project, which opened its doors this summer, is no ordinary tourist attraction. The museum is built on scarred and sacred ground: Gadsden’s Wharf, the arrival point for nearly half of all enslaved Africans shipped to the U.S. …
The new International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, doesn’t just teach about America’s past, but also its present. CBS News’ Mark Strassmann visited the museum to see how the community transformed the arrival point for nearly half of all enslaved Africans shipped to the U.S. into a symbol of the strength of African …
How does ground zero become hallowed ground? The new International African American Museum (IAAM) in Charleston, South Carolina, is an exercise – rather, an exultation – in the importance of such work. As the museum’s director of education and engagement for faith-based communities, the Rev. DeMett Jenkins identifies the importance of spiritual healing and community …
Over twenty years in the making, the International African American Museum is now open in Charleston, South Carolina. As the website states, this museum “documents the journey that began in Africa centuries ago and continues to this day.” During those two decades, much thought and planning went into every detail of this institution, including the exact …
Charleston shares the untold stories of enslaved Africans in America at the site where nearly half first set foot in this country. By Victoria Hansen Charleston, S.C. – A long, shallow pool shimmering in the sun reflects the horrors of what happened at Gadsden’s Wharf, the site of the city’s new International African American …
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