Event Details

The Kitchen House at the Nathaniel Russell House Museum is a rare intact survivor in a city where almost all the spaces inhabited by enslaved people have been lost, altered, or fully renovated. Recent discoveries have revealed the survival of a tremendous amount of evidence about the lives of enslaved people who lived in the kitchen house, especially artifacts that reveal strong African foodways and traditions. Perhaps it was this level of cultural agency that assisted the survival of distinctive Gullah Geechee culture and the development of Lowcountry cuisine that we continue to enjoy today.

This third installment of the 2024-2025 Art & Architecture series will explore Dr. Chantel White’s archaeobotanical research and discoveries, and how enslaved people preserved their own African culinary traditions at the Nathaniel Russell House.

Location: HCF Headquarters, 40 East Bay Street, Community Room
Event time 10:00 am-12:00 pm