Visiting Charleston's Famous Plantation
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- Опубликовано: 24 окт 2023
- Visiting the Boone Hall Plantation in Charleston, South Carolina
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Boone Hall Plantation, located in Charleston, South Carolina, stands as a living testament to the region's rich and complex history. Established in 1681, Boone Hall is one of America's oldest working plantations, with a lineage spanning centuries. The plantation's picturesque entrance, framed by a canopy of moss-draped live oak trees, is iconic and immediately transports visitors to a bygone era. Renowned for its beautifully preserved antebellum architecture, Boone Hall's main house reflects the grandeur of Southern plantation life. The expansive grounds also include slave cabins, offering a poignant reminder of the enslaved individuals who played an integral role in the plantation's history. Beyond its historical significance, Boone Hall is celebrated for its vibrant gardens, featuring blooming flowers and meticulously maintained landscapes. Guided tours provide visitors with insights into the plantation's past, from its role in agriculture to its cultural impact on the Lowcountry. Boone Hall Plantation stands as a captivating destination that invites exploration into the complexities of Southern heritage and the enduring legacy of the plantation era. 
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@@juliayoung537 i appreciate it thanks for joining in
@@davidellis1374 the humidity and sweat made me look quite out of sorts in this video for sure
We Charlestonians don't try to hide the evil past of slavery. I can't believe you came to Charleston and didn't climb on one of the big guns at The Battery or go on the harbor tour out to Fort Sumpter.
Good lord. All you people freaking out about Shaun using the phrase “dark history “, go ahead and untwist your panties. He never said or implied that Europeans were not complicit. However, half our county’s citizens sure as hell fought hard to keep those people enslaved. It’s U. S. History whether we like it or not. So chill out and leave Shaun alone.
This history is extremely complex. A southern colony, Georgia, attempted to prohibit slavery decades before any colonies in the north ever did. A great deal of the conflict was about power more than or as much as human rights. The north with its population advantage used its power in Congress to place tariffs on foreign goods as a form of protectionism of industry there. A great deal of the resistance to slavery had to do with political expansion and a concern about maintaining control of trade policy in Washington DC. The north had been happy to use raw materials from the south in their textile mills. The Civil War was arguably about protecting the geographical integrity of the nascent United States which had always been an important concern of the Founders to rid the continent of the threat of European powers. In addition, the discovery of demand for cash crops like tobacco, along with a shortage of the indigent in England, led to growth in slave trade. However, children , young boys in the mines of Pennsylvania and girls in New England textile mills really enjoyed very few rights themselves. I'm certainly not defending a heinous practice, all that I'm saying is that the average people on either side of the conflict were no more or less participants in the economic system of the country. Some might say, today's youth with their cell phones and nikes are actually more dependent on slave labor than Confederate soldier Conscripts and their families, who at least grew their own food and made their own clothes
@@tbergstrom4599 I’m quite aware of sectionalism. I’m aware of the horrific labor practices of the industrialized north. I’m aware that Lincoln didn’t sign the Emancipation Proclamation because he was an abolitionist, but to break the south. None of this negates the fact that the primary labor force of the south was kidnapped and enslaved people. Which is indeed dark history. Since Shaun was in the south, it follows that he would be speaking of the history of the south. I stand by my statement. It’s U.S. history whether we like it or not and people need to chill out and leave Shaun alone. He acknowledged tragic events in the part of the country he was visiting. This isn’t a history channel. If you want to debate the minutiae of the secession, do it on a channel devoted to that.
Shaun, I am so happy that you are venturing out Beyond inner cities an experiencing the real America. There are thousands and thousands of beautiful places, national parks and state parks and wildlife Reserves, and historical towns and incredible Countryside and history all over the United States. You are doing a great job in the Charleston South Carolina area of getting around and seeing all the Fantastic places. I also appreciate it that you take notice of the different tree species and flowering trees and unusual plants. We have many zones in the United States and thousands and thousands of species of plants and trees that you've probably never seen. America has some of the most amazing and largest botanical gardens in the world. Next time you come to the United States you should visit some. There's a great one in South Carolina just north of Charleston and south of Myrtle Beach it's incredible.
Thanks Jeff - I had a great time in SC and want to see more, as well as visiting the many other states. Can't wait!
I agree 100% and the same can be said for most states and regions.
It has to be somewhat daunting as a visitor to the USA to choose a region here, research, plan and then for folks like Shaun to figure out transportation, filming, editing, narration etc.
Great video again. Please ignore the negative comments regarding your mention of slavery. It has much more to do with the current climate in the US than your description of our country's past. Please keep making your videos and telling the truth as you see it. It it refreshing to see your perspective and it would be a shame to see you stop sharing it.
Shaun I want to thank you for visiting and delving into the history of South Carolina and America as a whole. I appreciate you highlighting all aspects good and bad. Unfortunately, as you have seen and I’ve noticed in your comments the nastiness with just the mention of slavery. Unfortunately, a lot of people get angry and like to pretend that it wasn’t a significant part of our history, literally woven into the fabric of society. Just wanted to say don’t sweat it. Enjoying your vlogs and for once a more comprehensive view of what is the US.❤
Love this comment, whole heartedly agree with it ❤
Shaun, it's just a thunderstorm. When we were children most American Kids walked home from school in thunderstorms and we loved it, we jumped in the puddles and we laughed and got soaking wet and it was fun. Most of us love thunderstorms, and lightning bugs and cicadas and iced tea, going to the seashore and the beach and the mountains, and many other things that remind us of summer in America.
Oh, I love them too! I can sit for hours and watch thunderstorms, though we rarely get them like you do in the USA. I find them fascinating.
@ShaunTakesAmerica yes, while you probably don't get the severe storms in the UK like we do in the States, y'all do seem to get a near constant mist, which causes moss build up on damn near everything. I watch a lot of pressure washing channels on YT, and I notice the ones from the UK are always fighting off the moss on everything.
But yeah, we get stronger storms here because of all the different air masses and currents that pass thru and by our country. For example, Tornado Ally, which is most of the central plain states, at least everything south of the Dakotas, gets hit hard because you get cool dry air rolling off the Rocky Mountain Front Range, hitting the warm moist air coming up from the Gulf. The warm air rises above the cool air and it spawns these severe storms that spawn tornados. With the UK, you get the one ocean current that comes across from the states and that's about it.
@@WhatDayIsItTrumpDay I've noticed the moss too, everything over there seems so green. 😂
I used to be a tour guide at Boone Hall plantation. At that time the tour was just the plantation house. I didn't even know they had slave cabins on the property. This was almost 50 years ago
My sister and I rode horses to the Angel Oak (long before it was commercialized). We would stand on the saddles and climb up into the tree.
This was the seventies. 😉
Glad you got to explore outside of the downtown areas. A lot of history surrounding all of Charleston. Welcome to our daily summertime thunderstorms 😁
yeah it was great getting out and about
The summers in the south are very hot and humid. There are usually short thunderstorms every afternoon. It helps bring down the heat a bit.
And crank up the humidity
@@amagab2346 True dat.
That my friend is what we call good nap weather in the south. I love the sound of distant rolling thunder. It’s pretty much a daily occurrence in our summer months, as you found out on this trip.
Same down here in southwest Florida! Good excuse to go inside, get out of the heat and relax!!
I haven't been since I was a kid in elementary school, so I had forgotten just how sprawling and massive the Angel Oak's limbs are. I also see you got caught up in the high-summer Thunderstorms as well, making the pair a very beautiful gift of nature!
Being in thunderstorms is the best! I live in eastern Washington (state) so ours can be pretty good but nothing like in the south.
i absolutely love them
Beautiful Shaun. I love the Live Oaks and Spanish moss. Don’t know if you made it to Oak Alley Plantation when you visited New Orleans. It’s about 50 miles west of New Orleans in Vacherie. Beautiful place to visit as well.
Oh, I never saw the one ner NOLA. Guess I'll just have to come back 😀😀
Loved Oak Alley and the mint julep and the gift store pralines.
You're in the area where all of my father's people settled in the early 1700s. They founded the oldest church in Charleston St. Michaels in 1752. So it's great to see this video. I hope that you got a chance to see it. So, are you feeling homesick for us here yet? Where is your Halloween trip going to in the USA? Thanks for another great video.
Thanks Kate, plans still in the works for the Halloween trip but will be NE!
Hello my family we’re slaves here I wanna know them u guys are so lucky
Tips from a born and raised Charleston girl…Next time you visit Charleston. Go back to John’s Island(where the Angel Oak tree is). There is an absolutely delicious local place to eat, it’s becoming more popular but it’s a must try for TRUE local food which is locally sourced, it’s called Stono Market and Tomato shed Cafe. You can shop there too for local goodies and produce. All of their side dishes is my reason for going lol
Spanish moss is a bromeliad, in the same plant family as pineapples.
Those tree's are beautiful I miss seeing them. 🫤
Having grown up in the SouthEast US, my "sleeping" sound is a thunderstorm. Almost every day. Love the huge live oaks. My parents have one at their house in Central Florida that was "supposedly" 300years old when they bought the house 50 years ago. I'm eager to get a tree expert there to tell us exactly how old it is. It's HUGE.
I absolutely love the thunderstorms too - we just don’t get them as often so it’s a novelty for me. If you get the results of the tree let me know. Fascinating
Gorgeous video. Live oaks, Spanish moss, and thunder storms are my favorite. I also love your shirt.
Move to southwest Florida, we get a thunderstorm every afternoon all summer long. You get used to it.
I live a few hours South of Charleston in the Hilton Head area. Our lightning doesn't fool around! It's not storms like I'm used to in the Midwest, the lightning there is more cloud to cloud. The cloud to ground lightning here is insane.
Glad you enjoyed your visit Shaun, where I live now lightening doesn't happen so often but i do remember that the last place you want to be where it does is under a big live oak, you be safe friend!
Thank you Shaun for this lovely video of The beautiful plantation near Charleston, S.C., it was wonderful❤️👍 thunderstorms can be very scary sometimes. Enjoy your visit in our southern states and have fun.❤️🥰👍
Not sure if you went or not but 10 minutes up the road from the angel oak tree, is the only tea plantation in North America. It's a really cool place to to visit.
Reminds me of Oak Alley near St. James Louisiana
hopefully i'll get to see some of them
Thanks again Shaun, great video!
thank you
I really miss those thunderstorms. Where I live now, sumner is the dry season. Winter rains all the blerping time but rarely do we get a good gully washer.
Hey Shaun! I live just down the street from the angel oak :-) Thanks for getting outside of downtown Charleston and seeing what else here! So you said something in the beginning of the video about coming back to America for Halloween you should definitely come back to Boone Hall for Halloween. They put on an absolutely amazing haunted house every year! However, the best time to visit, Charleston is in the spring before it gets stupid hot, and all of downtown is in bloom… It’s glorious;)
Thanks for traveling Shaun, you are showing me my own country! I’ve never been to S.C. XO from Southwest Colorado 😊
A couple other sites you might consider: The Charleston Tea Garden is one of the few tea plantations still working in US and sells through Bigelow Teas. In Cross, SC is a Turtle Rescue facility that works to save the most endangered species of turtles/tortoises in the world. Firefly vodka distillery has a lovely sweet tea vodka.
3:48 it boggles the mind when you try to think of how many thousands of kids over the generations have climbed around in that tree at the various events at Boone Hall
Welcome to summer in the South. 😂 I’ve enjoyed watching your tour and it’s been interesting to see you freak about something I’ve been born and raised with. I love a good thunderstorm. It’s interesting that you don’t have them in Scotland. I didn’t know that. Safe travels!
The Boone Hall Plantation is well worth visiting.
The only part that I found interesting and worth visiting was the slave quarters. The house dates from the 1930s.
I love thunderstorms!
Boone Hall is nice but I prefer Middleton Place. It’s also closer for me lol
ohh I missed that one
Middleton Place, Drayton Hall, and McLeod are the three best plantations, in my opinion.
Middleton Place was featured in the movie The Patriot with Mel Gibson a while back. Visit in spring when the azaleas are in bloom. Beautiful place. Loved this video.
@@calliejomccall7889and in the winter when the camellias are in bloom (there's one that was planted in 1796 and is still thriving).
So glad y'all played it safe and got out of there.
Great video, Shaun. I really enjoyed it. We are planning a trip from Virginia to Charleston and Savannah during the Christmas season. Going to add both of these to our list of things to see. Hope you and Teka are doing well! God bless!
Thank you Cathy, have a wonderful trip
Hi, Shaun! I live in Pennsylvania (near where you previously visited) but Charleston is a very special place for me. I don't get to visit often enough, and it's been such a joy to watch you experience my favorite town! Thank you for sharing your journey with us!
Summer in the southeast, daily thunderstorms.
If you ever want to watch the North and South miniseries based on the books from author John Jakes from the 80s starring the late Patrick Swayze, Boone Hall Plantation served as Patrick's character's family home. The story is about how two young men one from the South (Patrick Swayze) and one from the North (George Reed) go to West Point, become best friends, fighting side by side in the Mexican-American war but ultimate find themselves on opposite sides of the brewing Civil War, hoping the other makes it through because they aren't just fighting a war. They are fighting for their friendship and how it will play out in the years that follow. They couldn't film inside as the rooms were too small but there is so much of the grounds that was used for the show. We went there as part of a senior band competition trip and that large oak tree you show at min 3:50 we did a great picture there. We were able to actually go inside the house back then to see how small the rooms really were. So glad you got to visit.
I wished I had known y'all were coming to Angel Oak. Y'all were about 15 min from my house.
That is the place from the movie patriot. The revolutionary war starring Mel Gibson.
There are some huge old plantations around New Orleans.
i'll need to visit them next time
Don't touch the Spanish Moss because it has lots of bugs in it that will love to feast on you.
Also I must say I just found your channel and I love your accent
Yeah I've seen people put it on their hair before. 😅
I lived in Goose Creek, which is 30 mins from Charleston proper, while I was stationed at Charleston AFB from Oct 2007- Dec 2011. Did the Boone Hall Plantation tour, but never heard of the angel tree. Wish I could have done some more of the touristy things while there, but my work schedule was wacky and whenever I did have a couple days off and felt like going somewhere it was to the beach or to play a round of golf.
If You're Of The Right Age, Boone Hall Is Famous As The Main Family Plantation In The Miniseries NORTH AND SOUTH!!
Shaun, I'm not certain where it happened last summer, but it was most likely northern Florida, and I ran into a storm--not the thunder and lightning type, but a deluge of rain, to where I was almost driving blind at times. Then, before I could pull over and wait it out, it would come to almost a complete stop, only to fire up again in 5-10 minutes.
Shaun, anither beautiful video. Just wanted to ask you a question....have you seen the musical movie 1776? It's about the difficulty of writing the Declaration of Independence.
"So, when you hear it thunder, don't run under a tree! There'll be pennies from heaven for you and me."
Ah, just a summer southern rain storm and down the main street I drive it's full of oaks with Spanish moss
I absolutely love the southern rain storms
There is a very dark and supposedly haunted plantation in the Carolinas. the mirror has handprints that don't come out despite being cleaned. the story is a woman and her three daughters died and in haste the father in tradition blocked all glass surfaces except the big mirror and the souls of the women were trapped in the mirror and the handprints are said to be them trying to get out somehow. this mirror is in a blocked off place high enough away from people and visitors can't touch the mirror at all. there are a few other ghosts on the grounds as well including slave women who are trapped forever. The tradition in the south was to cover all reflective surfaces so to guide souls to the afterlife unfortunately they forgot one. now modern tradition are whole body burials and church services which are more Christian and southern Baptist aligned.
Hey. You are in town… would be cool to bump into you. Typical weather.
Why don't you do videos about Scotland anymore? I really miss those!
You were right by my house! I live near the Angel Oak on Johns Island.
Shaun, Why did you not tell how Boone Hall was the epicenter for growing pecan trees. At one time they had thousands of trees and it was the main crop and Boone Hall set the world wide price for selling pecans. Alas the frequent hurricanes destroyed many of the trees and the growers moved west to Louisiana and Texas.
Because I didn’t know and nobody told me. Interesting fact. Thanks
Glad they moved to LA and TX, cuz like, those states hardly ever get hurricanes...
BTW you are very cute! 🌹
why thank you ☺️
My family of slaves lived and died here… I wanna know them.. I love my bloodline… jimbo Sara Reuben are names of some of the slaves.. so sad….
Who exactly brought the slaves to America? That would be Portugal, Spain, France and Britain.
Indeed... I do not deny British/Europe's complicity and responsibility for many of the bad things they have driven, slavery among them.
And britain was the first to abolish slavery too let's not forget that . 😊
Why don't you mention Scotland and England's "DARK HISTORY" every time you visit a Scottish or English manor that had people involved in and profiting from the African Slave Trade? Many English and Scottish aristocrats owned slaves. Slavery has been endemic to the world for all of human history. It exists today. It existed in Sumeria and Akkad, and Egypt, and Europe, and China, and in the Olmec, Inca, and Aztec cultures of the new world, in the Native American cultures of the North and Southeast of America, and the Nordic countries, the Roman Empire, the Ottoman Caliphate, the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates, and Iceland, and the Barbary states. Slavery is evil. Unfortunately, it has been a long-running human problem. I have been watching your videos since you started covering Scottish history based on the Outlander series. Why do you think it is so important to highlight American problems with slavery at this estate, when you have never done that in the context of the UK? Slavery was and is a HUMAN problem.
Yes they always want to blame America for slavery when slavery was brought here by the Brits and Europeans. Did you know that most people in the UK know nothing about the American Revolution. Many of them say oh it wasn't important. And I always say what do you mean it wasn't important you only lost the third largest chunk of land in the entire world. There's still a battle going on with the UK with the islands off the coast of Argentina called the Falkland Islands. Argentina claims they own it but the UK won't leave. The islands are 8000 mi from the UK and only 300 miles from Argentina. Lol
Apparently, you haven't been watching since the outlander days. I remember several videos where he talked about the dark history of a certain area he was visiting. Don't make your issue someone else's. Our history is what it is. We may not like it and be embarrassed that our forefathers allowed such atrocious behaviors to go on for so long, but don't get mad at the person that tells the history. Shaun is a good egg.
@@nomadicnative2444 We all love Shaun but most dark history in the United States was brought here hundreds of years ago by the Europeans and the British.
@@nomadicnative2444he is saying that European also had slavery and owned slaves and for Europeans to not be hypocrites and look in the mirror
@@valenciaga1608 The Europeans and the British brought the slaves to America.
There were actually black
Slave owners in the south as well, but there is a lot of history that has been twisted and left out of schools on purpose, you have to look up people like Thomas Sowell to find out what the education system didn’t teach you.
Here's the deal. Knowing what I know now, what I've lived through? What I know is coming? What I consider my truth? I'd be happy to be a slave in Charleston back then. It had to be better. There's just no need to apologize. I volunteer. Glory, honor, peace.