Local Historian Mark Radeleff will deliver a presentation on South Carolina rice, plantations, slaves and freedom. Mr. Radeleff will concentrate on how rice became important during the antebellum years and the need for slavery to grow it. He will also discuss the impact of the Civil War on the enslaved, the enlistment of freedmen into the army, and the post war status of plantations and former slaves who returned.
Monday, February 27, 6:30pm Assembly room