Middleton Place Foundation Receives NEH Grant

Middleton Place Foundation has been awarded a grant by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for the project “Enslavement...

The following article appeared in The Washington Post on October 1, 2021 by Ariel Felton The full article can be...

Carolina Gold Rice: A Global Industry, A Cultural Identity

Perhaps no other cultural staple – both in terms of actual subsistence and in identity-making – is as important or...

Walter Edgar’s Journal: Alice Ravenel Huger Smith, Charleston Renaissance Artist

Author Dwight McInvaill and internationally renowned South Carolina Artist Jonathan Green recently joined Walter Edgar in conversation about Alice Ravenel...

Exploring Independence

John Adams wrote, “The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America.

It Should Have Happened Sooner

On June 19, 1865, freedom came to the last slaveholding area in the South, Galveston, TX. It had been a...

Ashley’s Sack. How Much Can One Bag Carry?

It is a simple sack.  Measuring thirty-three inches long by sixteen inches wide, about the size of a long, narrow...

Remembering Barbara Doyle, Longtime Historian of the Middleton Place Foundation

How Do We Know What We Know? The short answer is: proper research technique. But, like all places that are...

Camellias at Middleton Place – A Lesson in Endurance

The beauty of the gardens at Middleton Place is widely known as a year-round phenomenon of blooms. The winter though...

Upheaval and Freedom Come To Middleton Place

Upheaval and Freedom Come to Middleton Place On February 23rd, 1865, as the crumbling ruins of Middleton Place, the family...