2023 Jubilee Festival of Black History & Culture hosted by Historical Columbia, on Saturday September 16th, 2023, at the Mann-Simons Site from 11:00 AM-6:00 PM. The book, "The Awakening: The Seawright-Ellison Family Saga, Vol.1, A Narrative History" featuring ancestral stories connected to Columbia African American history including the historic Ward One community, Olympia Mills, Washington […]

I will be doing an interpretive talk on "Civil War Cooking: What the Confederate Soldiers Ate" which will focus on the foods Confederate soldiers ate prepared by cooks, when they were stationed at Battery Pringle area of Dill Sanctuary, and other locations during the way. Some of the cooks were enslaved laborers who included my […]

Ancestral Reflections: The Thompson Family is a collection of eight individual paintings that features the individual experiences of enslaved relatives which include a woman who served in the Civil War; and individual agricultural and civic activities during past times in the rural South Carolina; from the award-winning book, The Thompson Family: Untold Stories from The […]

Lavinia was born enslaved on June 3rd, 1844, in Aiken County, and this presentation tells her personal story of slavery and survival during the Civil War. Lavinia would follow her master into battle in the Civil War, serving the Confederate army as a cook. Six decades later, she would be among about 100 black South […]

We are kicking off 2024 at the historic Lucy Laney Craft Museum of Black History in Augusta, GA, on Saturday January 13th, 2024, at 5:30 P.M. Join us for a book signing and special family presentation on, "The Life of Nickie Mae Winn Corley: An African American Entrepreneurship, Civil Rights Activist, and Advocate of Women […]

This presentation explores the reasons why South Carolina used African American labor during the war; the diverse roles of African American labor during the war; SC approval of Confederate pensions for African Americans; notable features of the pension application; and notable South Carolina African American Confederate Pensioners.

This presentation explores the reasons why South Carolina used African American labor during the war; the diverse roles of African American labor during the war; SC approval of Confederate pensions for African Americans; notable features of the pension application; and notable South Carolina African American Confederate Pensioners.

Lavinia was born enslaved on June 3rd, 1844, in Aiken County, and this presentation tells her personal story of slavery and survival during the Civil War. Lavinia would follow her master into battle in the Civil War, serving the Confederate army as a cook. Six decades later, she would be among about 100 black South […]

Ancestral Reflections: The Thompson Family is a collection of eight individual paintings that features the individual experiences of enslaved relatives which include a woman who served in the Civil War; and individual agricultural and civic activities during past times in the rural South Carolina; from the award-winning book, The Thompson Family: Untold Stories from The […]