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Private Manumission: An Intimate Path to Freedom

Article Date
February 21, 2020

The laws of early South Carolina viewed enslaved people as private property that individual owners could trade, sell, and even emancipate as they saw fit. That liberty allowed numerous slave owners to set free an unknown number of men, women, and...

CCPL announces line-up for NEA's Read Across America

Article Date
February 17, 2020

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Charleston County Public Library (CCPL) is joining the nation in celebrating the National Education Association's (NEA) 21st annual Read Across America event. Several library branches will host celebrity readers during events...

Public Manumission: A Reward for Remarkable Service

Article Date
February 14, 2020

On multiple occasions between 1708 and 1822, the South Carolina General Assembly voted to spend public funds to secure the freedom of enslaved people who had performed remarkable acts of public service. These public manumissions, as we might call...

Weigh in on proposals to ease West Ashley Library flooding issues

Article Date
February 11, 2020

CHARLESTON...