Murrell's Inlet, says Hedgepath, was popular with pirates because the natural change of the tides provided a natural dry dock ...

Carolina Gold rice was born in South Carolina more than 200 years ago. It helped make Georgetown County among the richest ...

Carolina Gold rice was first revitalized in the 1980s by a South Carolina eye surgeon. The rice is still grown on Turnbridge Plantation in SC today.

Four years after her passing, 1,400 admirers from around the world celebrated the beloved author with music, theater, and a ...

Liberia signed an agreement for a 50-hectare pilot rice farm in Bong County The project supports technology transfer and aims to raise local rice output A broader $120 million investment plan seeks to ...

Her work is the most complete account of the liberation of 700 enslaved people from seven plantations along the Combahee River in 1863.

Tucked away in the Lowcountry, this haunting destination features a crumbling Victorian-style house nestled among the ...

MORNING HEADLINES | Berkeley County and the Open Space Institute have purchased Blessing Plantation in Huger for $15.2 million – an acquisition that will turn the historic property into a new county ...

The rice export outlook for 2026 appears subdued due to several negative factors, as exporters expect to ship 7.5 million tonnes of rice next year. Charoen Laothamatas, president of the Thai Rice ...

ST. HELENA ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Minnie “Gracie” Gadson claps her hands and stomps her feet against the floorboards, lifting her voice in a song passed down from her enslaved ancestors who were forced ...

Mansions are fascinating, oozing with extravagant opulence or dripping with Southern charm and magnificent splendor, like the plantation homes in the South. It’s fascinating to walk inside these ...

Edda Fields-Black was working on a book about rice plantations when she came across the story of a raid in Beaufort that freed more than 700 slaves from Lowcountry plantations. The Carnegie Mellon ...