by greenbook_admin | May 16, 2024
Black Rock Baptist Church formally organized by 1874 and was originally part of the Gethsemane Baptist Association. The church traces its roots to the early ministry of its first pastor, Leroy Featherstone (c. 1836-1919), believed to have begun when he was enslaved. ...
by greenbook_admin | May 16, 2024
Born a slave in Manning, Simeon Pinckney enlisted in the 3rd S.C. Infantry (Colored) in 1863. He also served in the 21st U.S. Colored Infantry. After the war, Pinckney, his wife Isabella, and their three children settled on James Island. In 1874 he purchased twenty...
by greenbook_admin | May 16, 2024
The formal organization of Mulberry A.M.E. Church dates to c. 1871, but many of the founding members were formerly enslaved people who had a tradition of religious organization that stretched back into slavery. Early meetings were held under a brush arbor. By 1872...
by greenbook_admin | May 16, 2024
This interpretive center chronicles the history of Mather School in Beaufort, a boarding school for freed African American females. The institution was founded in 1868 by Boston school teacher Rachel Crane Mather, and is one of many post-Civil War developments that...
by greenbook_admin | May 16, 2024
The Woodrow Wilson Family Home: A Museum of Reconstruction, enjoys the dual distinction of being the nation’s only museum dedicated to interpreting the post-Civil War Reconstruction period and South Carolina’s only remaining presidential site. Through exhibit...
