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...
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...
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...
FLAG DAY – JUNE 14
In 1777 during the American War for Independence, the Second Continental Congress (Arthur Middleton was a member) passed a resolution...
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...
“Plugged In To History” | Week of July 20
Exploring Independence Throughout the month of July, historians and educators continue to examine the many interpretations of “Independence here at...
“Plugged In To History” | Week of July 13
Exploring Independence Throughout the month of July, historians and educators continue to examine the many interpretations of “Independence here at...