Denmark Vesey and Middleton Place
This summer marks an important bicentennial anniversary in Charleston’s rich and sometimes complicated history. On July 2, 1822, Denmark Vesey...
Black Rice or Carolina Gold?
Despite observations of rice cultivation along the West African coast from the earliest[15thcentury]Portuguese voyages, remarkably, until the twentieth century...
FLAG DAY – JUNE 14
In 1777 during the American War for Independence, the Second Continental Congress (Arthur Middleton was a member) passed a resolution...
Plugged In To History | Week of July 27
Each week Middleton Place’s team of historians and interpreters are presenting educational content, keeping students and families connected to American...