The Charleston Museum, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Founded in 1773, The Charleston Museum, America’s First Museum, has been discovering, preserving, interpreting, celebrating, and sharing ever since.
Charleston Museum: 360 Meeting St, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
The Charleston Museum is a museum located in the Wraggborough neighborhood in Charleston, South Carolina. It is one of the oldest museums in the United States. Its highly regarded collection includes historic artifacts, natural history, decorative arts and two historic Charleston houses.
On this blog, only the collection on historic artifacts section is shown.
The land was granted to any free person.
The church wielded many authorities.
Initially, other than plantation was the main production in the south
The dot indicates a plantation
But, soon, the plantation became the primary way of producing goods.
Plantation items
Tools used in harvesting
Enslaved laborers
Early toilet sit
Charleston was the center of enslaved labor-induced affluence.
The resistance to the (British) King’s rule
The battle for independence began
Many enslaved people fled from their bondage during the battle
The British leave Charleston
South Carolina became the eighth state of the United States of America.
Direct trade from and to China began as an independent country
Charlestone again prospered after American independence
The remnant of parts used in Building architect
A cotton scale
The railroad comes to Charleston
The cotton gin made the production of cotton a lot easier.
Women’s Work & Textiles in Antebellum Farm Life
An early sawing machine
The Indians were gathered and sent to Oklahoma State.
Problems of slavery
The war with Mexican
The conflict between the south and the north on the issue of the slavery
South Carolina was the first state to separate (secession) from the Union (the US) and was the first state to shoot fire at Union soldiers.
The South Carolina soldiers fired at the Union soldiers in Fort Sumter, which started the Civil War.
Lincoln was elected in 1860
South Carolina seceded from the Union.
The War
The submarines used in the Civil War
The war coming to an end
Confederate Forces leave Charleston
Union soldiers occupied Charleston
