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Charleston Time Machine — 340 episodes · page 2 of 4
Episode 240: The Stono Rebellion of 1739: Where Did It Begin?
Episode 239: Careening across the Lowcountry in the Age of Sail
Episode 238: Charleston's Second Ice Age: Rise of the Machines
Episode 237: Clementia Mineral Spring: Ghost Town that Never Was
Episode 236: The Charleston Tar-and-Feathers Incident of 1775
Episode 235: Navigating the Bar of Charleston Harbor: Gateway to the Atlantic
Episode 234: Brewing Beer for the Carolina Station during the Era of Captain George Anson
Episode 233: Oqui Adair: First Chinese Resident of South Carolina, Part 2
Episode 232: Oqui Adair: First Chinese Resident of South Carolina, Part 1
Episode 231: Where Did Robert Smalls Live in 1862 Charleston?
Episode 230: Creating a Walled City: The Charleston Enceinte of 1704
Episode 229: Swords, Fencing, and Masculine Choreography in Early Charleston
Episode 228: The Other Eliza Pinckney: A Charleston Woman of Two Worlds
Episode 227: The 'Irish Church' in Mazyck's Pasture: An Early Catholic Refuge in South Carolina?
Episode 226: The Voice of the 'Black Swan' in 1873 Charleston
Episode 225: The Colonial Roots of Black Barbers and Hairdressers
Episode 224: South Carolina's Capitation Tax on Free People of Color, 1756–1864
Episode 223: Five years of Charleston Time Machine
Episode 222: A 'Banjer' on the Bay of Charleston in 1766
Episode 221: Charleston’s Defensive Strategy of 1703
Episode 220: The First People of the South Carolina Lowcountry
Episode 219: Wielding the Sword of State in Early South Carolina
Episode 218: Reviving Apparently Dead Bodies in 1790s Charleston
Episode 217: Educating Antebellum Tradesmen: The Charleston Apprentices’ Library Society
Episode 216: Anglo-Spanish Hostility in Early South Carolina, 1670–1748
Episode 215: The Roots of Spain’s Claim to South Carolina, 1513–1670
Episode 214: Murder and Manhunt in 1820: Albro’s Flight from Slavery, Part 3
Episode 213: Murder and Manhunt in 1820: Albro’s Flight from Slavery, Part 2
Episode 212: Murder and Manhunt in 1820: Albro’s Flight from Slavery, Part 1
Episode 211: Escaping Slavery: Resistance on the Run
Episode 210: Charleston’s Half-Moon Battery, 1694–1768
Episode 209: Maroons, Picnics, Parades, and Porgy
Episode 208: South Carolina’s First Public Lending Library in 1698
Episode 207: The Star-Spangled Spirit of Charleston
Episode 206: The Moving Memorials to Elizabeth Jackson
Episode 205: The Public Life of Charleston’s Market Hall
Episode 204: Charleston’s Daily Bread: Regulating Retail Loaves from 1750 to 1858
Episode 203: Parishes, Districts, and Counties in Early South Carolina
Episode 202: Passenger Trains between Charleston and Summerville, from the Best Friend to BRT
Episode 201: The Forgotten Dead: Charleston’s Public Cemeteries, 1794–2021
Episode 200: The Forgotten Dead: Charleston's Public Cemeteries, 1672–1794
Episode 199: The Telegraph: Charleston’s First Information Superhighway
Episode 198: Captain Thomas Hayward’s Poetic Description of 1769 Charles Town
Episode 197: Granville Bastion and the Unfinished Fort of 1697
Episode 196: Charleston County’s Mobile Library Service, 1931–2021
Episode 195: The Bowling Green: Recreational Space in Colonial Charleston
Episode 194: The Fall of Charles Shinner, Irish Chief Justice of South Carolina
Episode 193: The Rise of Charles Shinner, Irish Chief Justice of South Carolina
Episode 192: Freedom Won and Lost: The Story of Catherine in Antebellum Charleston, Part 2
Episode 191: Freedom Won and Lost: The Story of Catherine in Antebellum Charleston, Part 1
Episdoe 190: Doctor Caesar and His Antidote for Poison in 1750
Episode 189: 'An Undeniable Possession of Talent': James Henry Conyers of Charleston
Episode 188: The State Flag of South Carolina: A Banner of Hope and Resilience
Episode 187: Street Auctions and Slave Marts in Antebellum Charleston
Episode 186: George Anson and Charles Codner: Gambling for Real Estate in 1735?
Episode 185: The Other New Years: Regnal, Civil, and Personal
Episode 184: The Christmas Treasure of 1744
Episode 183: The Destruction and Renewal of Charleston’s Street Trees, 1837–1865
Episode 182: Street Trees in Early Charleston: Fountains of Air and Shade
Episode 181: Planning Charleston’s First “Fortress,” 1695–1696
Episode 180: The Genesis of East Bay Street: Charleston’s First Wharf, 1680–1696
Episode 179: Charleston’s Contested Election of 1868
Episode 178: The Decline of Voting Suppression in South Carolina, 1900–1965
Episode 177: The Rise of Voter Suppression in South Carolina, 1865–1896
Episode 176: South Carolina’s War Against Beasts of Prey, 1693–1790
Episode 175: Recall Their Names: The Personal Identity of Enslaved South Carolinians
Episode 174: Nicholas Trott’s Forgotten Charleston Residence
Episode 173: The Myth of “Trott’s Cottage”
Episode 172: The Advent of Black Suffrage in South Carolina
Episode 171: A Trashy History of Charleston’s Dumps and Incinerators
Episode 170: Bee Jackson’s 1926 Visit to Charleston: Behind the Scenes
Episode 169: Representing Charleston at the 1926 National “Charleston” Contest
Episode 168: Who Were the Best “Charlestoners” in Jazz-Age Charleston?
Episode 167: Bee Jackson Wanted to “Charleston” in Charleston in 1925
Episode 166: Tracing the Roots of the “Charleston” Dance
Episode 165: Remembering Charleston’s Liberty Tree, Part 2
Episode 164: Remembering Charleston’s Liberty Tree, Part 1
Episode 163: Juneteenth, Febteenth, and Emancipation Day in Charleston
Episode 162: The Rise of Charleston’s Horn Work, Part 2
Episode 161: The Rise of Charleston’s Horn Work, Part 1
Episode 160: The Horn Work: Marion Square’s Tabby Fortress
Episode 159: Hucksters’ Paradise: Mobile Food in Urban Charleston, Part 2
Episode 158: Hucksters’ Paradise: Mobile Food in Urban Charleston, Part 1
Episode 157: Dining and Drinking in Charleston Before the Food and Beverage Industry
Episode 156: A Moderate Trot through the History of Street Speed
Episode 155: Hemp Cultivation in Early South Carolina
Episode 154: Charleston at 350: The Legacy of Founding Decisions
Episdoe 153: Quarantine in Charleston Harbor, 1698–1949
Episode 152: The Scandalous Black Dance of 1795, Part 2
Episode 151: The Scandalous Black Dance of 1795, Part 1
Episode 150: Pandemic and Panic: Influenza in 1918 Charleston
Episode 149: Yamboo: An Enslaved Muslim in Early South Carolina
Episode 148: His Majesty’s Warships in Charleston Harbor
Episode 147: Self-Purchase: The Price of Freedom from Slavery
Episode 146: Private Manumission: An Intimate Path to Freedom
Episode 145: Public Manumission: A Reward for Remarkable Service
Episdoe 144: Defining Charleston’s Free People of Color
Episode 143: The Carolina Coffee House of London
Episode 142: The Myth of the Holy City
Episode 141: The South Carolina Revolution of 1719, Part 2