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CHARLESTON
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"Historic Walking Tours"
CHARLESTON'S HISTORY IS BOTH BEAUTIFUL AND TRAGIC OFTEN TIMES ON THE SAME PAGE. FIND OUT WHAT ALL OF THESE PHOTOS REPRESENT TODAY.
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WE KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE COME TO "SEE CHARLESTON" AND YOU WILL BUT IT IS OUR HOPE THAT BY THE END OF OUR WALK "YOU WILL FEEL" CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA IN A WAY THAT YOU NEVER IMAGINED WAS POSSIBLE..............
ABOUT:
KING COTTON, SLAVERY & THE CHARLESTON PLANTER ARISTOCRACY
OUR HISTORIC CHARLESTON WALKING TOUR WILL NOT ONLY INTRODUCE YOU TO THE LARGEST SLAVEHOLDERS & SLAVE TRADERS OUR NATION HAS EVER PRODUCED, IT WILL MORE IMPORTANTLY PAY HOMAGE TO THE INCREDIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE ENSLAVED GULLAH/GEECHIE COMMUNITY AND THE SO VERY MANY THAT HAVE DESCENDED FROM THEM. THEY WILL ALWAYS BE CHARLESTON'S GREATEST STORY!
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IF THERE IS ONE SINGULAR COMPONENT TO CHARLESTON'S HISTORY THAT IS FOREVER INTERTWINED INTO EVERY INCH OF HER FABRIC IT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PLANTER ARISTOCRACY AND THE AFRICAN MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN THEY ENSLAVED.
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SIMPLY PUT THIS INCREDIBLE AND BEAUTIFUL CITY THAT IS CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA DOES NOT EXIST WITHOUT THE ENORMOUS CONTRIBUTIONS OF WEST AFRICANS. IT IS THEY WHO BUILT THIS PLACE IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, WHETHER THEY WANTED TO OR NOT.
OUR WALK WILL RESPECTFULLY ATTEMPT TO BRING TO LIFE THE INCREDIBLE MANY THAT WERE SOMEHOW ABLE TO RISE ABOVE "OUR PECULIAR INSTITUTION' OF SLAVERY AND ULTIMATELY IMPACT OUR CITY AND OUR NATION IN EXTRAORDINARY & UNIMAGINABLE WAYS.
HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR WALK WILL INCLUDE THE POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONS OF MEN AND WOMEN LIKE FORMER SLAVE & NOW "FREEMAN", DENMARK VESEY, LEADING CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST SEPTIMA POINSETT CLARK, FOUNDER OF THE JENKINS ORPHANAGE & THE WORLD FAMOUS JENKINS ORPHANAGE BAND THE REVEREND DANIEL JENKINS AND THE ONLY MEMBERS OF THE CHARLESTON PLANTER ARISTOCRACY TO EVER SPEAK OUT AGAINST SLAVERY, LEADING ABOLITIONISTS, THE GRIMKE SISTERS AND THEIR "MIXED RACIAL" NEPHEW, NATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT & FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE NAACP, ARCHIBALD GRIMKE
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HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR HISTORIC CHARLESTON WALKING TOUR WILL ALSO INCLUDE BOTH THE EXTREMELY POSITIVE AND THE EXTREMELY NEGATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS OF MEN LIKE, FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CHARLESTON'S JOHN C. CALHOUN, CONFEDERATE GENERAL WADE HAMPTON, OWNER OF THE LARGEST SLAVE TRADING HOUSE TO EVER EXIST IN COLONIAL BRITISH NORTH AMERICA, HENRY LAURENS & THE WEALTHIEST FAMILY IN AMERICA THE RICE PLANTING & SLAVE TRADING MANIGAULTS.
FIND US
IN DOWNTOWN HISTORIC CHARLESTON @ MARION SQUARE PARK
TEL # (843)-696-8038
EMAIL: dimitri@charlestonguide.info
OUR WALKING TOURS RUN DAILY 7 DAYS A WEEK with 3 START TIMES & CONVENIENTLY BEGIN @THE KING STREET FOUNTAIN ON THE CORNER OF KING & CALHOUN . IN OUR CITY'S CENTERPIECE MARION SQUARE PARK UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED!
Mon - Fri: @ 10am & 2pm
​​Sat - Sun @ 9am, NOON & 3pm
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OUR TOURS ARE PERFECT FOR:
A FIRST TIME VISITOR
LARGE GROUPS & ORGANIZATIONS
OR.....AS PRIVATE EVENT
OR..... IF YOU PREFER A PRIVATE TOUR WE CAN CREATE A WALK TO ACCOMMODATE ANYWHERE FROM 1-20 OF YOUR CLOSEST FRIENDS OR LOVED ONES. PRIVATE TOURS START AT $150 FOR UP TO 6 PEOPLE. FOR EACH ADDITIONAL GUEST OVER 6 PLEASE ADD $15.
SOME OF OUR FAVORITES INCLUDE SCHOOL CLASS TRIPS, CHURCH GROUPS & SPORTS TEAMS. OUR WALK MAKES FOR AN INCREDIBLE TEAM BUILDING EXPERIENCE FOR CORPORATE ENTITIES. ALL GROUP TOURS ARE DISCOUNTED 30%.
OUR WALKING TOURS RUN DAILY & ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THEY PROVIDE THE PERFECT INTRODUCTION TO CHARLESTON BUT IF YOU HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE OUR WALK WILL ENABLE YOU TO APPRECIATE HER IN WAYS YOU NEVER IMAGINED! FOR ONLY $22 PER PERSON.
CHARLESTON LOCALS!
THIS HISTORIC WALKING TOUR IS THE PREREQUISITE TOUR FOR ANYONE WHO LIVES IN CHARLESTON. WHETHER YOU ARE A PROUD NATIVE CHARLESTONIAN OR A RECENT TRANSPLANT, WE SHOULD ALL KNOW MORE ABOUT HER REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS & HISTORY. WE DO LIVE HERE AFTER ALL.
THE PROVOCATIVE, EYE OPENING & UNCENSORED CONTENT OF "KING COTTON, SLAVERY & THE CHARLESTON PLANTER ARISTOCRACY" IS DESIGNED TO BOTH SHED LIGHT ON AND SHARE TRUTH ABOUT CHARLESTON AND OUR NATION'S REMARKABLE HISTORY, LIKE NO OTHER CHARLESTON WALKING TOUR DOES!
OUR FEATURED WALKING TOUR
KING COTTON, SLAVERY & THE PLANTER ARISTOCRACY
IS A NEWLY RELEASED & A "ONE OF A KIND"
HISTORIC CHARLESTON WALKING TOUR
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Presented by
The Truth In History Initiative &
Tour Charleston Today
