Reconstruction Era National Park
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Thursday August 6 6:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
The People of Reconstruction: The Census Data of Beaufort 1860-1900
Park intern and recent USCB History Department graduate, Aidan de la Torre, has been researching the census records taken around Beaufort during Reconstruction. This presentation will explore how the population of Beaufort changed after the Civil War by analyzing the US......More
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Thursday August 20 6:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
"They encourage insubordination by precept as well as example": Beaufort's Free Persons of Color through the Civil War and Reconstruction
Of the estimated half million free people of color living in the United States, nearly half of them resided in the South with large, notable communities in cities like Charleston and New Orleans. While there were over 36,000 enslaved persons in Beaufort county in the 18......More
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Thursday September 3 6:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
Freedom Through Entrepreneurship
One of the key stories of the Port Royal Experiment was the transition from slave labor to wage labor. But this wasn't just a simple switch for farmers to start working for wages. In this presentation, Park Ranger Dr. Chanda Powell will explore how some formerly enslave......More
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Thursday September 17 6:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
What the Water Witnessed: From Revolution to Reconstruction
In recent years, the 1863 Combahee River Raid has received a lot of attention by both historians and the local community. But those liberated that night during the Civil War were not the first to see military service as a possible path to freedom. Park Ranger Samantha M......More