Hopsewee Plantation’s New Museum Shares History of Enslaved Africans A tiny thimble once used by a young, enslaved girl greets visitors in the new Hopsewee Historical Museum.
Hopsewee Plantation, home of signer of the Declaration of Independence, open for tours Before there was a United States of America, there was Hopsewee Plantation.
Hopsewee Plantation Hopsewee Plantation Built circa 1740, nearly 40 years before the American Revolutionary War, Hopsewee Plantation was one of the South’s major rice plantations and the birthplace of Thomas Lynch Jr., one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
Let’s Take a Thrilling Walk Through History on the Hammock Coast Explore a Moorish-style castle, historic plantations, a Georgian-style mansion, a wooden boat show, and pirate history on South Carolina’s Hammock Coast.
MLK, Black history celebrated on the Hammock Coast The legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. lives on through annual events that highlight his non-violent fight for racial equality.
