In " Payne-Ful Business," Charleston resident and author Margaret Seidler becomes an "accidental historian examining her family s role in the slave trade.
Some plantations in the South are finally dropping the hoop skirts and mint juleps and telling a different story from the perspective of those who were enslaved.
The foundation decided to sell the Nathaniel Russell House and focus on a number of community-based initiatives. Then came the outcry, and a change of plan.
“Payne-ful Business, Charleston’s Journey to Truth” and “Sleeping with the Ancestors” are both the products of books that offer unprecedented insight to the enslaved.
The Historic Charleston Foundation is pressing forward with plans to sell the Nathaniel Russell House and shift the organization s strategy despite intense backlash.