One of the first differences visitors may notice between Drayton Hall's new audio tour and past tour experiences is the names.Â
Throughout the tour, visitors hear about people like Will, Billy, Jack and Dumplin â individuals enslaved at Drayton whose names and stories will be new to many visiting the Charleston-area plantation site.
The first mention of enslavement at Drayton Hall comes about a minute into the historic site's new tour.Â
"Not only was the Draytonâs fortune accrued from the exploitation of slave labor, the entire economy of South Carolina, where the primary cash crop in the late 18th century was rice, was dependent upon slavery with laws in place to protect the institution," Amber Satterthwaite, curator for education and museum programs at Drayton, says on the narration.Â