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Charleston ….. According to the 2010 census, there are 42 million African Americans including those of mixed ancestry in the United States.  Charleston, originally known as Carolina Colony, received more than a third of all slaves.  West Africans were preferred because of rice cultivating knowledge that played a major role in establishing South Carolina’s wealth and prominence.   Words can’t amply express the bounty of tourism gems in Charleston: history, the arts, food, music and scenery.  Robert Smalls history, the penning of Porgy & Bess, She Crab Soup’s origination and more…. so much more awaits.  Learn about the Gullahs, Geechees, sites and stories that began with “The Journey”

J1.  Gullah tour….  Sites and Insights.  Two Hour Cornucopia of historical enlightment.  Al Miller delivers an amazing assortment of information including stops at The Old Slave Mart Museum, Emanuel AME Church, Catfish Row, City Market, The Battery, Old Slave Mart, The Citadel, City Jail, Philip Simmons Ironworks, Avery Institute and more.  He explains Gullah-Geechee Culture  extensively.  Marvel at the actual sites and stories surrounding George Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess”.  Charlestonian Samuel Smalls was Porgy.

   Avery Institute                         Chuma Gallery

Georgetown…………                    “Gullah 101”…………………. 

The Rice Museum…..  Most persons are unaware of the important role rice played in the South’s economy.  The Rice Museum chronicles that period of prosperity through guided tours, dioramas, maps, artifacts, film and articles.  West African slaves were favored because of their rice cultivating knowledge derived from their ancestors hundreds of years prior.  They were the beginning of Gullah-Geechee culture. Gullah 101 

The Maritime Museum next door features the fifty-foot Browns Ferry vessel, the oldest vessel of colonial manufacture in the United States.   Zenobia has beautiful, custom made African dolls on display at the museum.