Focuses on the assessment of the stonework of the Charleston City Hall in South Carolina in May 2004. Planned restoration of the building; History of the marble used in constructing the build...
It also became a center of slavery, with 42% of households holding slaves by 1730, more than any other city other than Charleston, South Carolina.[91] Most slaveholders held a few or several domestic slaves, but others hired them out to work at labor. Slavery became integrally tied to ...
In the early morning hours of April 12, 1861, rebels opened fire onFort Sumter,at the entrance to the harbour ofCharleston, South Carolina. Curiously, this firstencounterof what would be the bloodiest war in the history of the United States claimed no victims. After a 34-hour bombardment, ...