Palmetto State Walking Tour (2018)

• 71%
• 2018
• Documentary
• J.T. Moore

Charleston is the only major American city in history to have a majority-enslaved population. By 1822 the international prices for cotton had plummeted. With Charleston in the slave economy's grip, the white ruling class would simply kill the surplus of unsalable enslaved human beings. Revolution became the only option for survival.