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Charleston writers Marcus Amaker and Harlan Greene are inducted into the S.C. Literary Hall of Fame; Edda Fields-Black pens history of the Combahee River Raid.

This historic South Carolina plantation with ties to Robert E. Lee just sold for $9 million. Here’s what to know about it.

The Old Combahee Plantation in Beaufort County sold for $9 million. Plus, 384 homes have been proposed for Cainhoy and 108 apartments could come to Summerville.

Stacker traced the origins of 20 words and terms used in political discourse using historical archives, research reports, and news articles.

Stacker traced the origins of 20 words and terms used in political discourse using historical archives, research reports, and news articles.

Stacker traced the origins of 20 words and terms used in political discourse using historical archives, research reports, and news articles.

Stacker traced the origins of 20 words and terms used in political discourse using historical archives, research reports, and news articles.

Stacker traced the origins of 20 words and terms used in political discourse using historical archives, research reports, and news articles.

2022 marks the 200th anniversary of Harriet Tubman's birth, as well as the memory of one of America's most profound figures. Tubman was one of the nation's leading human rights activists who assumed many roles, including that of an Underground Railroad conductor, army scout, nurse, and women's rights champion. Little is known about Tubman's work outside of the Underground Railroad. During the Civil War, she was in Beaufort County, South Carolina assisting in Union Army o...

Tubman applied intelligence she learned as an Underground Railroad conductor to lead the Combahee Ferry Raid that freed more than 700 from slavery.