The Grimke brothers, Archibald and Francis.
A Charleston tour guide shares the story of the Grimke brothers, nephews of Sarah and Angelina Grimke
Long-time Charleston tour guide Lee Ann Bain takes a stroll off her beaten path near Morris and Coming Streets downtown. She points to the place a new, historical marker will soon go up in what was once a free, Black community.
During the 1800s, the neighborhood was worlds away from where Bain now gives a tour about the famed Grimke sisters on East Bay Street.
Sarah and Angelina Grimke grew up wealthy in a slave holding family. But they were so appalled by what they saw the sisters eventually moved North and became some of the first white, female abolitionists.