From Slavery
       to Freedom

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1-day field trip itinerary
9:30am   Boone Hall Plantation
Tour the grounds of one of America's oldest working plantations and participate in an educational program that offers students an in-depth look at slavery. The program will take place at the original slave cabins and will cover themes ranging from Gullah culture to daily life on a Southern plantation.
12:00pm   Lunch at Boone Hall
Enjoy a picnic lunch on the grounds of Boone Hall. You can bring your own sack lunches, or we can include a boxed meal as a part of your itinerary.
1:00pm   Slavery & Freedom Walking Tour
Stroll through Charleston's Historic District as you learn about the city's rich African-American heritage. Your tour will discuss the origins of slavery in South Carolina, an attempted slave uprising, the antebellum free black population, Reconstruction, and the modern Civil Rights Movement.
3:00pm   Old Slave Mart Museum
Possibly the only known building used as a slave auction gallery in South Carolina that is still in existence, the Old Slave Mart was once part of a complex of buildings known as Ryan's Mart and is currently open as a museum to recount Charleston's role in the inter-state slave trade.
4:30pm   Depart Charleston
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