The Reconstruction era,1861-1900 the historic period in which the United States grappled with the question of how to integrate millions of newly freed African Americans into social, political, economic, and labor systems, was a time of significant transformation. The people, places, and events in Beaufort County, South Carolina, reflect on the most important issues of this tumultuous time period.
What you’ll hear
30 places to explore in this park.
- Beaufort National Cemetery
- Beaufort's "Contraband" Hospital
- Bonny Hall Trail #5 at Earnest F. Hollings Ace Basin
- Camp Saxton
- Caper Harper Wheelwright
- Combahee River Ferry & Harriet Tubman Bridge
- First African Baptist Church Beaufort
- Francis Izzards Butcher Shop & Stable
- Freedman’s Bank
- Gabriel Haynes Tailor Shop
- Harriet Tubman Laundry & Bakery
- Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park
- James Jenkins Beef & Mutton Shop
- Jerry Savage Wheelwright
- Mather Cottage
- Mather School Bell
- Mather School Coleman Hall
- Mather School Gym
- Mather School Howard Hall
- Mather School Sales House
- Mather School Stoughton Hall
- Prince Rivers Retail Store
- Richard Dailey’s Restaurant
- Roger Pinckney, X Park and Pigeon Point Boat Landing
- South Carolina: Penn Center
- Tabernacle Baptist Church
- The Mather School
- The Robert Smalls House
- W.C. Morrison Tin Smith
- W.M. Mitchell Blacksmith
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