Episode 85: Nearly 1,000 Cargos: Legacy of Importing Africans to Charleston

Charleston Time Machine - A podcast by Nic Butler, Ph.D. - Fridays

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Between 1670 and 1808, nearly one thousand cargos of enslaved Africans entered the port of Charleston. This fact represents one of the most important chapters in the history of our community, but we the people of Charleston still struggle to wrap our collective brains around this weighty topic. How can we tell this important story to our children and to the millions of visitors who come here each year?