African American History

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Drayton Hall

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Historic Preservation

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How to Preserve African American Historic Places | National Trust for Historic Preservation

[10 on Tuesday] How to Preserve African-American Historic Places

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Charleston Architecture

Third Grade Art

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African American History

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African American Cemetery, Drayton Hall, Charleston, SC

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Drayton Hall

Garden Arch

Drayton Hall

African American cemetery at Drayton Hall

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Oral history helps recover past at Drayton Hall – The Post and Courier

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Oral Histories: Continuing a Legacy

Richmond Bowens, born at Drayton Hall in 1908, sat in his rocking chair on the Museum Shop’s porch during the 1990s where he would recall his 23 years of life growing up on the property between 1908 and 1931 when Drayton Hall was still privately owned. The rocking chair is part of Drayton Hall's collection.

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College Of Charleston

Paying Taxes

Research Center

The Face

Drayton Hall

lowcountrydigitallibrary, Slave badge. "Pewter slave badge produced for a servant in Charleston, S.C. It was common to counterfeit badges to avoid paying taxes, and this particular one was not issued by the city, but created in the stamped year. The face is stamped "Charleston 1862 Servant #4." Back side contains no markings." Artifact from the Walter Pantovic Artifact Collection held by the Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston.

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Reconstruction Era

Union Army

By Any Means Necessary

Drayton Hall

Robert Smalls was born an enslaved person on April 5, 1839, in a small cottage in Beaufort, SC. By the time he died in 1915, Smalls had served five terms in the United States Congress. Visitors to this exhibit will learn about his heroic exploits during the Civil War and be inspired by his legacy of bravery, leadership and public service to all Americans. The Life and Times of Congressman Robert Smalls is ideal for institutions interested in telling the story of ...

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Gullah/Geechee Truth Rises from Wilmington’s Ashes

We salute Gullah Statesman Robert Smalls of Beaufort, SC in the Gullah/Geechee Nation! www.gullahgeecheenation.com

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Drayton Hall

The African American cemetery at Drayton Hall, located about 100 feet from the main drive, is the resting place for many of the African Americans who lived and worked at Drayton Hall. The last burial took place in 1998 and was that of Richmond Bowens, a descendant of enslaved people at Drayton Hall and one of the National Trust’s richest resources on African American history at the plantation. In keeping with his wishes, this cemetery has been “left natural,” not restored ...