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Did you know that there are places at Drayton Hall where you can stand before a brick in the wall and place your fingers in the indentations left by the fingers…

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Want to do something different and visit Drayton Hall in a unique way? Susan and Chuck Atkinson did. These Oregonians cycled here on their recumbent tricycles. In fact, they not…

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Archaeology, Collections, Preservation, Research

One of the most frequent questions Drayton Hall archaeologists are asked is if we ever find coins. Most often the answer is “no” as the artifacts we recover are discards from…

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African American history, Education, Genealogy, Research

In African-American genealogical research, there is a term that describes the dearth of records associated with former slaves prior to 1870. Researchers call it the “1870 brick wall,” and for…

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For most of the twentieth century and into the twenty-first century, plantation tourist sites in the Charleston area were not places to learn about African American history. This was a…

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Ever since its establishment in 1738, Drayton Hall has been, and still is, an integral part of the city of Charleston. What happens in the city has an important effect…

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