Charleston's Black History Tour
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Experience Highlights
Discover what the history books won't tell you on this tour of Charleston's black history. The approximately 2-hour tour will be narrated by a very special professional guide: a historian, educator and author of books related to this hidden part of history.
Throughout the walking tour, you will have the opportunity to hear the forgotten folk tales and learn about the heroes of Charleston's black history. This is a very entertaining and original way to get to know Charleston from a different perspective.
- Tour Charleston on foot for about 2 hours accompanied by an expert guide and writer on black history.
- Discover Charleston's historic land marks that tell the story that doesn't appear in the books.
Get a glimpse of the city and learn on a different and entertaining tour.
What’s included
- 2-hour walking tour of Charleston's black history
- Tour narrated by an expert writer, historian, educator and licensed tour guide.
- Entrance to Heyward-Washington House
- Entrance to Old Slave Mart Museum
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Step by Step
There's a lot to be said about black history, but not all of it can be found in history books. On this tour of Charleston's black history, a knowledgeable guide and writer will tell you all about this hidden part of history. The guide will combine his talent for storytelling with a strong historical and personal perspective, which makes this tour all the more interesting.
Along the way, you will see and hear the anecdotes of the lesser-known places where heroes and heroines made history. You'll step back to the height of slavery and retrace the path to the civil rights reconstruction that took place at the time.
The setting for this captivating walking tour of approximately 2 hours will be the historic buildings and sites that still stand in Charleston and commemorate this part of history:
- Charleston City Market, the city's marketplace.
- Heyward-Washington House, which belonged to Thomas Heyward Jr., signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
- Old Slave Mart Museum, the building that once housed slave auction galleries
- Charleston' s harbour and Waterfront Park