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Ignores and Omits Black Charleston History, Sites or Tours

Revisado: 11-19-23

This was a nice travel guide tellinfg the story of White Charleston, There was zero mention of the amazing Black history, sites, stories, tours or restaurants explore in Charleston. No mention of the Old Slave Market Museum or the fact that Charleston was the number one slave trading center in the US before 1808 (over 40 percent of African slaves arriving here disembarked at Charleston). No mention of Avery Research Center where docents explain the dominant influences of enslaved Blacks in making Charleston the wealthiest place in the North American colonies in the late 1700s. No mention of Robert Smalls whose act of commandering of a Confederate blockade runner out of Charleston Harbor was one of the most heroic stories of the Civil War. No mention of the sweetgrass basket demonstration at the Riverfront Park at the base of the Ravenel Bridge in Mt Pleasant. No mention of the two Black tour bus tours and the two Black walking tours originating from the city-wide visitor's center. No mention of the International African American Museum (it may have not fully open at the writing, but a Smithsonian partnered museum would deserve an up and coming mention like other travel promotionals). Omissions like this are how so many Americans, particularly White Americans come to believe Black people made no significant contribution to the making of American.

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