http://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/(Charleston Past) Copyright 2008 rhettscharleston.blog-city.comTue, 24 Jun 2008 20:52:00 GMThttp://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gifhttp://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/360http://backend.userland.com/rsshttp://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/charleston_through_the_eyes_of_martin_r_delany.htmhttp://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/charleston_through_the_eyes_of_martin_r_delany.htmTue, 13 Jul 2004 05:00:00 GMThttp://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=charleston%5Fthrough%5Fthe%5Feyes%5Fof%5Fmartin%5Fr%5Fdelanywalterrhetthttp://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/time_was___.htmhttp://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/time_was___.htmThu, 05 Feb 2004 15:05:00 GMThttp://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=time%5Fwas%5F%5F%5Fwalterrhetthttp://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/nzingha_nzinga_of_angola_an_african_queen.htmhttp://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/nzingha_nzinga_of_angola_an_african_queen.htmTue, 16 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GMThttp://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=bonne%5Flassies%5Fcharleston%5Ffemale%5Fpirates%5Fthey%5Fdelivered%5Fthe%5Fthe%5Fgoods%5Fto%5Fthemselveswalterrhetthttp://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/goree_island_bunce_island.htmhttp://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/goree_island_bunce_island.htmThu, 27 Nov 2003 05:00:00 GMThttp://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=goree%5Fisland%5Fbunce%5Fislandwalterrhett  BUNCE ISLAND: LEGACY OF THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE INDUSTRY by David Sanders (for more, including African Travel Magazin]]>http://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/and_now_a_word_about_christopher_columbus.htmhttp://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/and_now_a_word_about_christopher_columbus.htmSat, 25 Oct 2003 05:00:00 GMThttp://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=and%5Fnow%5Fa%5Fword%5Fabout%5Fchristopher%5Fcolumbuswalterrhett the kind of word that is seldom discussed In Honor of Christopher Columbusby Timothy Foote, Allhistory@yahoogroups Columbus  ran his flagship,  the Santa Maria,  agro]]>http://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/ebenezer_creek.htmhttp://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/ebenezer_creek.htmWed, 17 Sep 2003 05:00:00 GMThttp://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=ebenezer%5FcreekwalterrhettUntil 9/11, Ebenezer Creek was the biggest loss of civilian life within the U.S. from armed, terrorist, or military action.  It is virtually unknown.  No one has written about it.  This short excerpt that appeared i]]>http://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/a_writers_update_writing_about_millicent_brown.htmhttp://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/a_writers_update_writing_about_millicent_brown.htmSat, 23 Aug 2003 04:59:00 GMThttp://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=a%5Fwriters%5Fupdate%5Fwriting%5Fabout%5Fmillicent%5Fbrownwalterrhetthttp://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/preachers_jokes.htmhttp://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/preachers_jokes.htmSun, 10 Aug 2003 05:00:00 GMThttp://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=preachers%5Fjokeswalterrhettare the soul of humor among the folk of the African-American community.  The fobiles of the preacher offers wisdom over a wide spectrum, from individual gullibility--to well reasoned guile.  Often these jokes address civ]]>http://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/native_americanindian_civil_rights_colonial_times.htmhttp://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/native_americanindian_civil_rights_colonial_times.htmSat, 09 Aug 2003 16:25:00 GMThttp://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=native%5Famericanindian%5Fcivil%5Frights%5Fcolonial%5FtimeswalterrhettGene Waddell, a researcher and archivist, is perhaps South Carolina's foremost ]]>http://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/dribbling_for_civil_rights.htmhttp://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/dribbling_for_civil_rights.htmThu, 07 Aug 2003 17:48:00 GMThttp://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=dribbling%5Ffor%5Fcivil%5Frightswalterrhetthttp://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/robert_smalls_highjacks_the_confederate_commanders_flagship_the_planter.htmhttp://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/robert_smalls_highjacks_the_confederate_commanders_flagship_the_planter.htmWed, 06 Aug 2003 05:00:00 GMThttp://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=robert%5Fsmalls%5Fhighjacks%5Fthe%5Fconfederate%5Fcommanders%5Fflagship%5Fthe%5Fplanterwalterrhettout of Charleston harbor, right under the nose of the Confederate troops, creating one of the lasting legends of Charleston, the Civil War, and black-white relations.  Little known outside of the lowcountry, his story still h]]>http://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/robert_browne_elliott_the_peoples_lawyer.htmhttp://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/robert_browne_elliott_the_peoples_lawyer.htmTue, 05 Aug 2003 15:13:00 GMThttp://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=robert%5Fbrowne%5Felliott%5Fthe%5Fpeoples%5FlawyerwalterrhettRobert Browne Elliott is yet another of member of the South Carolina black community whose star is lost to history.  No plaque, guidebook, or local stories recall this freedman who was born in Boston (1842)&nbs]]>http://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/daniel_a_payne_you_cant_cross_here.htmhttp://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/daniel_a_payne_you_cant_cross_here.htmMon, 04 Aug 2003 02:40:00 GMThttp://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=daniel%5Fa%5Fpayne%5Fyou%5Fcant%5Fcross%5Fherewalterrhettbecause you are ahead of your times, and laws and customs are designed to hold you back. (All month long, in honor of the 40th anniversary of March on Washington, the greatest demonstration this country]]>http://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/sweet_cannan_a_spiritual_of_pilgrimage_from_virginia_for_juneteenth.htmhttp://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/sweet_cannan_a_spiritual_of_pilgrimage_from_virginia_for_juneteenth.htmFri, 01 Aug 2003 17:34:00 GMThttp://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=sweet%5Fcannan%5Fa%5Fspiritual%5Fof%5Fpilgrimage%5Ffrom%5Fvirginia%5Ffor%5FjuneteenthwalterrhettAfter each battle or trial, there is a time of peace.  The two spirituals below, sung in Virginia, and documented by the inimitable Nathaniel R. Dett, a master musician and choir director at Hampton Institute in Virginia]]>http://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/in_honor_of_all_pows.htmhttp://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/in_honor_of_all_pows.htmThu, 17 Jul 2003 05:00:00 GMThttp://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=in%5Fhonor%5Fof%5Fall%5Fpowswalterrhett COLORED SOLDIERS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. To the Editor of the N.Y. Tribu]]>http://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/pictures_of_goree_island.htmhttp://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/pictures_of_goree_island.htmTue, 15 Jul 2003 05:00:00 GMThttp://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=pictures%5Fof%5Fgoree%5FislandwalterrhettExcerpt from a Congressional diary, (U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra) written in April, 2001: The embassy briefing proves to be very informative. Senegal is like the peace w]]>http://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/dont_be_in_such_a_hurry.htmhttp://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/dont_be_in_such_a_hurry.htmSat, 12 Jul 2003 05:00:00 GMThttp://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=dont%5Fbe%5Fin%5Fsuch%5Fa%5FhurrywalterrhettIn the midst of the days which the great battles]]>http://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/is_this_law_still_on_the_books.htmhttp://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/is_this_law_still_on_the_books.htmSun, 06 Jul 2003 04:59:00 GMThttp://rhettscharleston.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=is%5Fthis%5Flaw%5Fstill%5Fon%5Fthe%5FbookswalterrhettMore importantly is it still being secretly enforced by the power structure whom seem to shut out minority business people from the growth of the area and the wealth i]]>