One of the best online tours I have seen - great script, organization, and photography and showing local guides with your host. It's got it all. Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it! It was actually unscripted. We had an outline of locations. Arrived at the location. And we let the guides and the host do the rest.
Fabulous documentary by Chris! Great to hear lots of different voices, too - and all of them so enthusiastic and full of rich nuggets of history! For instance we sang Kumbaya at my junior school in England - I never knew that that came from the Gullah culture of South Carolina! Thank you, Jennifer, for all your insights! I never knew any of that about the Hunley - how utterly fascinating! That's inspired me to look into it. Dixon was given a Freemason's funeral in the 21st century and then buried under a Confederate flag. As I understand it, the photograph of the handsome young man shown in this documentary may not be him. Research is ongoing. All terribly interesting.
I visited Charleston for the first time earlier this year. You provided a great tour of a great city. South Carolina as a whole is a hotbed of historical places and I cannot enough recommend a visit for those interested in our nation's history.
You guys should do Richmond VA next. Tons of history there, from the American Revolution(St. John's church and Patrick Henry), The Civil War(obviously) and the Civil Rights era(Loving v. Virginia, etc)
This was great. A wonderful trip through Charleston. I was there a few years ago and went to 90% of the locations you visited. Was nice to get some additional info on the places by watching this video.
The best quote about South Carolina - “South Carolina is too small for a republic, but too large for an insane asylum.” - James Louis Petigru of Charleston, South Carolina expressed this unpopular opinion as his native state made the radical decision to secede from the Union in December 1860. South Carolina led the way out of the Union. Quote from the National Park Service
Great video. Recently moved to TN and have visited Charleston now a couple of times. It is a very beautiful city and this is a great lesson on it's importance in American history.
Just out of curiosity. What happened to lanterns that where sent to the conservation center. I worked on the project. Another person that also worked on the project had gone down there and said they weren't on display?
Both. All of this footage was captured by Acowsay, our video production company for this project. We do have licensed drone pilots on staff who capture footage at other locations.
Nice video, but I wish you would have visited "The Museum and Market Hall", home of the Confederate Museum. A wonderful Greek Architecture building built in 1841, it houses wonderful original Confederate Artifacts and would have added nice balance to the topics.
Indeed the slave industry help create great wealth in Charleston and the area. But, when the slaves were off loaded and purchased, great sums of money went OUT FROM Charleston TO the shipping companies who brought the slaves....most of the ships were flagged/chartered in Boston and certainly nearly all in the Northeast. To look at slavery and the plantations and the connection is one obvious observation. To look at slavery and the mansions of Newport RI, for example, not so obvious.
I am unsure of the most recent visit the trust has made, I hope it's been since the new director has taken over, cleaned, and organized it all so beautifully.
“Is it worth while to continue this union of states, where the north demands to be our masters and we are required to be their tributaries.” - Thomas Cooper of South Carolina 1860
Uncle Remus was written in Gullah. Mr. Harris learn Gullah from the kids he played in his youth. He listened to an enslaved gardener tell his stories in Hilton Head area. He wrote the stories down and created Uncle Remus. Unfortunately, these stories have been banned. The Archives has 900 pages of Uncle Remus.
Winners write the history. Unless you are trying to reunite a nation that just slaughtered itself. Then you have Ed Pollard write a mythology that makes part of that group not feel utterly defeated. Then you go after the same ideals, but use the legal system to do it vs. mobilized aggression. Deo vindice for sure, just not the way they thought.
The Africans may have brought knowledge of Rice production with them..... but rice is a very old crop, and Africa was not the only place it was produced. Knowledge of rice production was not unique to Africans. It has also been said that it was the Africans that showed the colonists how to make bricks. I guess that explains all the brick buildings in Africa and the lack of such in the great cities of Europe. /s
The early Europeans that arrived there were well versed on planting many variations of crops. They planted many different types of seeds to see what grew best. Indigo, cotton and rice, it was found, grew the best and provided income to the planters. Using slaves who were familiar with growing these crops made the profits even greater. Money talks....
@@JamesWilliams-dj2bp The plantation owners were not ignorant to the methods of rice production...or the making of bricks. Yet the National Park Service suggests the opposite.
@@bjohnson515 Because there's a huge difference between being aware of how something is done and having the experience of doing it daily for years. Not everything is a conspiracy, calm down lol. The rich landed gentry who owned these plantations did not do manual labor in England, so they never made bricks. No one in england grew rice, because it didn't grow well there.
@@Trashalchemy " who owned these plantations did not do manual labor in England, so they never made bricks." So the only people from Europe were wealthy non working people who knew nothing? what of the non rich from Europe....who did know? What of all the industry in New England that operated in the North East....how did the knowledge arrive here? Europe was full of brick buildings....Africa was not. Or do you disagree?
@@bjohnson515 Yes, the land owning gentry who were granted lands in South Carolana as it was called at the time had NEVER done manual labor. Nonwealthy people from Europe were never granted lands in the new world. And Africa was absolutely full of brick buildings btw. Villages made their own earthen bricks on site to build their houses. Why bring up unrelated things about North eastern immigrants when we are talking about plantations in South Carolina? You can't change history to fit your narrative, the facts still remain.
the city market is also known as the old slave market many of the green tables slaves were sold on still exist in the flea market section of the market and are used to sell good on today on weekends
One of the best online tours I have seen - great script, organization, and photography and showing local guides with your host. It's got it all. Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it! It was actually unscripted. We had an outline of locations. Arrived at the location. And we let the guides and the host do the rest.
Well done
More of this please. Makes me want to vist there again soon. So much more to see now. Thanks.
Love my Hometown ! Thanks ABT for the great visit.
Hope you come back soon and bring Gary, Chris,Chris and the whole ABT family.
Chris a just an amazing tour of Charleston South Carolina. Loved it. Thank you very much! 💯👍👊❤️
Fabulous documentary by Chris! Great to hear lots of different voices, too - and all of them so enthusiastic and full of rich nuggets of history! For instance we sang Kumbaya at my junior school in England - I never knew that that came from the Gullah culture of South Carolina! Thank you, Jennifer, for all your insights! I never knew any of that about the Hunley - how utterly fascinating! That's inspired me to look into it. Dixon was given a Freemason's funeral in the 21st century and then buried under a Confederate flag. As I understand it, the photograph of the handsome young man shown in this documentary may not be him. Research is ongoing. All terribly interesting.
I visited Charleston for the first time earlier this year. You provided a great tour of a great city. South Carolina as a whole is a hotbed of historical places and I cannot enough recommend a visit for those interested in our nation's history.
Brilliant video, hadn't intended to sit and watch anything for an hour but this was excellent. Love the work you guys do. From Scotland 🏴
That was fantastic thanks to everyone involved cheers
You guys should do Richmond VA next. Tons of history there, from the American Revolution(St. John's church and Patrick Henry), The Civil War(obviously) and the Civil Rights era(Loving v. Virginia, etc)
This was great. A wonderful trip through Charleston. I was there a few years ago and went to 90% of the locations you visited. Was nice to get some additional info on the places by watching this video.
Thank you for the great work
Our pleasure! Thank you for watching.
Very nice, guys. A top notch presentation. Keep up the good work!
The best quote about South Carolina - “South Carolina is too small for a republic, but too large for an insane asylum.” - James Louis Petigru of Charleston, South Carolina expressed this unpopular opinion as his native state made the radical decision to secede from the Union in December 1860. South Carolina led the way out of the Union. Quote from the National Park Service
Fantastic tour video! Can’t wait to see you in New Orleans!
Love Charleston. Nice video!
Fabulous! Great video!
Thank you for watching.
Loved Charleston when we were there.
Great video. Recently moved to TN and have visited Charleston now a couple of times. It is a very beautiful city and this is a great lesson on it's importance in American history.
How lucky i am to live here 😊 History History History!!! The cobblestone roads are from ships ballast. Phenomenal Job!!!
Great content!
Awesome history lesson on Fort Sumter.
Well done. Well done. 👍🏻👍🏻
I like the music intro
Just out of curiosity. What happened to lanterns that where sent to the conservation center. I worked on the project. Another person that also worked on the project had gone down there and said they weren't on display?
Do the trust do the drone videos or another company?
Both. All of this footage was captured by Acowsay, our video production company for this project. We do have licensed drone pilots on staff who capture footage at other locations.
Nice video, but I wish you would have visited "The Museum and Market Hall", home of the Confederate Museum. A wonderful Greek Architecture building built in 1841, it houses wonderful original Confederate Artifacts and would have added nice balance to the topics.
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Demons of Unrest , by Erik Larson .
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Indeed the slave industry help create great wealth in Charleston and the area.
But, when the slaves were off loaded and purchased, great sums of money went OUT FROM Charleston TO the shipping companies who brought the slaves....most of the ships were flagged/chartered in Boston and certainly nearly all in the Northeast. To look at slavery and the plantations and the connection is one obvious observation. To look at slavery and the mansions of Newport RI, for example, not so obvious.
yep, the whole empire was guilty.
I went to the citadel. Long live the corps of cadets.
It's unfortunate you did not even mention THE CONFEDERATE MUSEUM!
We have multiple videos featuring Confederate Memorial Hall
I am unsure of the most recent visit the trust has made, I hope it's been since the new director has taken over, cleaned, and organized it all so beautifully.
@@PrettyPlaceManor We were just there a few weeks ago for one of our National Teacher Institute tour offerings.
“Is it worth while to continue this union of states, where the north demands to be our masters and we are required to be their tributaries.” - Thomas Cooper of South Carolina 1860
Secession was the biggest mistake this state ever made
Uncle Remus was written in Gullah. Mr. Harris learn Gullah from the kids he played in his youth. He listened to an enslaved gardener tell his stories in Hilton Head area. He wrote the stories down and created Uncle Remus. Unfortunately, these stories have been banned. The Archives has 900 pages of Uncle Remus.
Good content but very obnoxious 'music' in the first section.
41:05 It wasn't an insurrection, it was legally done and properly carried out.
Bad sitcoms lasted longer than the Confederacy 😂😂😂
Winners write the history. Unless you are trying to reunite a nation that just slaughtered itself. Then you have Ed Pollard write a mythology that makes part of that group not feel utterly defeated. Then you go after the same ideals, but use the legal system to do it vs. mobilized aggression. Deo vindice for sure, just not the way they thought.
There are not cobblestone there are ballast stones from rivers in England. I’ve never heard anybody call them cobblestones because they’re not.
The Africans may have brought knowledge of Rice production with them.....
but rice is a very old crop, and Africa was not the only place it was produced. Knowledge of rice production was not unique to Africans.
It has also been said that it was the Africans that showed the colonists how to make bricks. I guess that explains all the brick buildings in Africa and the lack of such in the great cities of Europe. /s
The early Europeans that arrived there were well versed on planting many variations of crops. They planted many different types of seeds to see what grew best. Indigo, cotton and rice, it was found, grew the best and provided income to the planters. Using slaves who were familiar with growing these crops made the profits even greater. Money talks....
@@JamesWilliams-dj2bp
The plantation owners were not ignorant to the methods of rice production...or the making of bricks. Yet the National Park Service suggests the opposite.
@@bjohnson515 Because there's a huge difference between being aware of how something is done and having the experience of doing it daily for years. Not everything is a conspiracy, calm down lol. The rich landed gentry who owned these plantations did not do manual labor in England, so they never made bricks. No one in england grew rice, because it didn't grow well there.
@@Trashalchemy " who owned these plantations did not do manual labor in England, so they never made bricks."
So the only people from Europe were wealthy non working people who knew nothing?
what of the non rich from Europe....who did know? What of all the industry in New England that operated in the North East....how did the knowledge arrive here?
Europe was full of brick buildings....Africa was not. Or do you disagree?
@@bjohnson515 Yes, the land owning gentry who were granted lands in South Carolana as it was called at the time had NEVER done manual labor. Nonwealthy people from Europe were never granted lands in the new world. And Africa was absolutely full of brick buildings btw. Villages made their own earthen bricks on site to build their houses. Why bring up unrelated things about North eastern immigrants when we are talking about plantations in South Carolina? You can't change history to fit your narrative, the facts still remain.
.Beautiful Stories Channel in Year Saturday March 2,2024.😐.
whats sad is the modern day carpet baggers own everything and prices have driven the native born away from their heritage
Nah we are still here.
Jennifer is the most beautiful person I have ever seen.
the city market is also known as the old slave market many of the green tables slaves were sold on still exist in the flea market section of the market and are used to sell good on today on weekends
Not true
Too touristy. I thought this might be a documentary.