Black History Month at Middleton Place
Event Details
Black History Month activities included with General Admission
Beyond the Fields Tours
Weekdays 11 am and 1 pm | Weekends 11 am, 12, 1 and 2 pm
Explore the lives of the enslaved and freedmen with discussions of domestic life, labor, religion and spirituality.
Beyond the Fields Documentary Viewing in the Pavilion
Tuesdays and Thursdays in Feb. at 11:30 and 1:30 (no viewing on Feb. 28)
Award-winning 60 minute documentary film on the history, research and interpretation of slavery at Middleton Place.
Indigo and Slavery Program
Feb. 2 and 16 at 10:30 am - 2:30 pm
Ongoing presentation about 18th-century South Carolina's main exports and their ties to slavery.
Rice and Slavery Program
Feb. 9 and 23 at 10:30 am - 2:30 pm
Ongoing presentation about 18th-century South Carolina's main exports and their ties to slavery.
Colonoware Pit-Firing Program
Feb 15 from 10:30 am - 2:30 pm
Ongoing presentation about slave-made and used pottery during the 18th century.
Other Black History Month Happenings
Beyond the Fields Documentary Viewing at 1st Baptist Church
Feb. 7 at 6:30 pm
Free film viewing followed by a dialog with producers and interview participants
at the First Baptist Church at 48 Meeting Street, Charleston, SC 29401. More details TBA.
Color of Music Concert at Middleton Place
Feb. 21
Date
February 1, 2019 - February 28, 2019
Location
Middleton Place
4300 Ashley River Road
, SC