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This display at Libery Square discusses the history of Gadsen's Wharf, where slaves and slave ships would arrive in the port of Charleston until the international slave trade was banned in 1807. South Carolina would received more slaves than any…

This graffiti referencing the Ku Klux Klan is on the base of the Robert E. Lee Monument in Lee Circle. The monumuent has recently come under scrutiny in the city as it stands as a memorial to this Confederate General and defender of slavery, with…

The graffiti reads "The purpose of government should not be to keep people from achieving anything," to which it seems another person added on "Truth."

This outbuilding housed the kitchen and the quarters where the slaves lived and worked. The placard describes what their daily lives may have been like.

This view of the Heyward-Washington House is looking from the back of the lot onto the back of the house. This backlot was the realm of the slaves, who lived within these walls.

This portion of the Riverwalk along Charleston's Cooper River was dedicated in memory to Philip Simmons. This location marks the beginning of the area in which the new International African American Museum is sited for construction.

This portion of the Riverwalk along Charleston's Cooper River was dedicated in memory to Philip Simmons. This location marks the beginning of the area in which the new International African American Museum is sited for construction.

John C. Calhoun is notorious for being a defender of slavery and a supporter of the South's secession from the Union before the Civil War. This statue in his honor stands in Marion Square. Like the Confederate Defenders of Charleston memorial at…

Johnnie Brown leads Savannah's Freedom Trail Tour, which is part of the legacy of Westley Wallace Law. Mr. Brown points out a whipping tree where blacks were punished by slave drivers.

The Joseph Manigault House is a historic house museum run by the Charleston Museum.