Sites including the Penn Center on St. Helena Island, one of the first schools for formerly enslaved people, founded in 1862.
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Where the work of freedom began during the war.
Nearby in South Carolina
South Carolina State House
Columbia, SC
Fort Sumter National Monument
Charleston, SC
Charleston Historic District
Charleston, SC
Congaree National Park
Hopkins, SC
Andrew Jackson State Park
Lancaster, SC
Kings Mountain National Military Park
Blacksburg, SC