Charleston Currents – Harriet Tubman

FOCUS: Tubman book featured in Magnolia’s Children Garden

By Herb Frazier | In honor of Black History Month, Tri-County First Steps has placed in the Children’s Garden at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens the book “Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom,” by Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrated by Kadir Nelson.

This book is a tribute to Tubman’s strength, humility, and ability to navigate nature and the outdoors. It is the perfect book for children 5- to 8-years old. Scan a QR code on the book’s cover to hear an interactive storytelling session narrative by Dorchester County First Steps Director Crystal Campbell.

Parents can listen to the story using their cellphones to enjoy Campbell’s lyrical story that brings the full radiance of Tubman’s life. Pages of the book have been placed on 16 story boards along a winding path in the garden.

by Special to Charleston Currents · 02/17/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, Good news

2/17, full issue: From Harriet Tubman to the presidential primary

IN THIS EDITION
TODAY’S FOCUS: Tubman book featured in Magnolia’s Children Garden
COMMENTARY, Brack: Welcome to South Carolina
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: SCIWAY
NEWS BRIEFS: State to have largest surplus in history
PALMETTO POEM, Platt: Dresden’s Frauenkirche weeps for Notre-Dame de Paris
FEEDBACK: Teachers need more
MYSTERY PHOTO: Tranquil setting
CALENDAR: Knotts, Ragusa to talk Feb. 23 about Democratic primary

by Charleston Currents · 02/17/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

HISTORY: Emancipation

Excerpted from the S.C. Encyclopedia | The experience of slavery’s demise varied around the state and followed the progress of the Civil War. Freedom came early and suddenly to Port Royal when on November 7, 1861, Union forces bombarded and occupied the area. Black Carolinians in the vicinity referred to this occasion as the “Day of the Big Gun Shoot,” and during the next several weeks Federal troops seized Beaufort, the rest of Hilton Head, St. Helena, Ladys, and other nearby islands. Most planters fled the Federal troops and attempted to persuade or coerce their slaves to accompany them northward toward Charleston or into the interior, away from the path of the invasion. While many relocated with their owners, a substantial number resisted evacuation; some were killed for their refusal.