Professor Bernard Powers, College of Charleston, Dr. Walter Edgar, USC, and Barbara Bellows, independent scholar, will present talks at The Charleston Museum on Friday, April 8th at 7:00 p.m. as part of the Fort Sumter-Fort Moultrie Historical Trust running April 8-12 at several Charleston locations.
Professor Powers talk is entitled Black Carolinians, Racial Anxiety and Secession in the Palmetto State.
Dr. Edgar’s talk is Before the Storm: South Carolina and Charleston on the Eve of War and Dr. Bellow’s talk is Charleston in 1860: The Great Secession Winter.
For information phone: 843-224-0331