Finding "My" Charleston…Digging down on the block I live on…to see what I can find.

Tag: slavery

  • Septima Poinsette Clark

    Daughter of a Slave…in my neighborhood… Septima Poinsette Clark grew up as a young girl in my neighborhood…a block over on Wentworth Street across from Grace Church. I have started and stopped writing this article on her ten times. I want to write about her because I admire what she made of her life as…

  • In the Beginning…Affra Harleston Comings 1670-1698

    In the Beginning…Affra Harleston Comings 1670-1698

    I have decided to go back to the beginning with a slightly different focus; early women in my neighborhood. While my block was quiet or at times should have been…my neighborhood was not. In fact, luckily for me, there is a woman who is locally well known for being a first settler on the first…