View the Press's complete catalog of books, and learn about new releases and publicity events. The site includes a listing of books about South Carolina, with summaries, author biographies, and peer recommendations.
The Slave Voyages website is a database with thousands of records pertaining to the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
Many of South Carolina’s plantations can be found on the National Register of Historic Places. This website organizes historic sites by county, and also provides an option to search for properties by location, owner, and topic. Available data includes photos, maps, description of the property, and the complete text of the Register nomination forms.
Includes many free resources, including information and lesson plans on historic properties, African American heritage, and archeology.
This Digital Humanities project discusses the history of growing rice in South Carolina and the role that enslaved people had in cultivating the plant.
The Tabby Wall storymap was commissioned by the DNR to interpret the story of Fort Frederick in South Carolina beginning in the 1500s.
This storymap tell the history of rice growing in South Carolina, but also focuses on the production of rice on the Combahee River.
The South Carolina state archive holds records ranging any time period in the state, and from every single county located in it.
Founded in 1855, the South Carolina Historical Society preserves records from the colonial period to the present day of South Carolina in any of the counties located in the state.
The Federal Writers Project was started in the 1930s with the goal of collecting first-hand accounts of formerly enslaved people. This collection of the Federal Writers Project is from 1936 to 1938 containing 2,300 records from formerly enslaved people living in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
This website is resource for researching any topic like rice and provide primary and secondary sources on any topic.
This rich site features more than 20 collections with thousands of photos, newspapers, journals, and letters.
This online library includes thousands of books, music, photos, maps and historic documents.
Lowcountry Africana is a genealogical resource of the Gullah Geechee people in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.
A libguide from College of Coastal Georgia that has resources that focus on the Lowcountry in Georgia.
Founded in 1986, this historical society was founded to preserve and exhibit the history of Edisto, one of the sea islands in the Lowcountry.
This historic foundation was established in 1997 to preserve and discuss the history of one of the Lowcountry’s sea island named Dataw Island.
The Gullah Geechee Corridor is a National Heritage Area that is managed by the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission. The purpose of the Gullah Geechee Corridor is to preserve and share the history of the Gullah Geechee people of the Lowcountry.
The Rice Museum chronicles the history of Rice production from the 1750s colonial period to the 1850s zenith and its impact on, not only South Carolina, but internationally as well. Through dioramas, maps, artifacts and other exhibits, visitors to the Museum are enlightened to the history of a society dependent on the rice crop.
This foundation discusses the agricultural history of South Carolina through the use of grains like Carolina Gold Rice.
This site has many resources on life in the Carolinas after the Civil War. The online classroom is filled with primary sources including letters, newspaper articles and court transcripts.
This program emphasizes the importance of the Carolina Lowcountry to the rest of the South. Includes resources on the transatlantic slave trade, and coastal commerce and culture.
This site has information on more than 2,000 plantations, and is a great resource for both tourists and researchers. The site organizes plantations by name and by county, and also identifies inns, plantations open for tours, and plantations that are included in public parks.
A project done by multiple organizations and universities which has around 2,000 entries that are about people, places, events, and achievements that have had a role in the development of South Carolina.