at the end of the film, the blown away red butler told his tearful scarlett: i'm going to charleston, i'm from there, i want peace, i want to see if that old life, full of grace and charm, has been preserved somewhere

, a century and a half has passed. the second you enter the old city, one of the largest, preserved historical centers in america, about 5 miles. square in these streets you can easily get lost, it will definitely take more than one day to explore them all. oh, it's warm, in general, look, they even work here during the day real gas lanterns. here in charleston they use the word piazza, they are specially invented to hide from the rather merciless southern sun, judge for yourself.

a very small facade and a long terrace, which even in the hottest weather is penetrated by a cool sea breeze. indians lived here, pirates sat in dungeons here, the civil war began here. the houses, churches, squares and alleys of charleston are not just cinematic, they seem to remember the distant past and you want to ask about the scrap. i, first of all, wondered how they save the past from oblivion here, and how they... tell about the shameful pages of history. charleston was founded in 1670. it is the oldest city in south carolina and one of the oldest cities in the united states. it was originally called charles town in honor of the english king charles, charles ii, who allowed construction in these places. you know, in the advertising of charleston they show the most famous places, like battry park or rainbow row or the old market. but in reality, charleston. it is much

more. one of the most sought-after local guides, andrew kuhn dreamed of leaving his native charleston right after graduating from high school. he wanted to build a career in a bigger city. but only after 4 years did he realize that his homeland is one of the most interesting places in america. this area is attractive. the publications behind me, which today we call rainbow row, were painted in a regular gray color. rainbow row was formed. the great depression, when the owner of one house decided to save the house from demolition and prove that it could be liked by tourists, she simply painted the façade bright pink, and suddenly all the neighbors followed suit, and soon there were houses painted in all the colors of the rainbow. houses in old charleston cannot be reconstructed or repainted without the appropriate permits, but historians are immensely grateful to the people who buy these properties and take on the responsibility

for their preservation. last year, charleston was visited by approximately 7.5 million people from all over the world. they left more than $8 billion in the city. for many of them, charleston begins from fort sumter. in 1861 , the very first battle of the civil war took place here. the first shot was fired here, and the cannonball landed near the fort. this shot was a signal, it signaled all the batteries to begin firing. patrick cardenas is a ranger at fort sumter historical park, he moved to charleston from texas because he was always interested in the civil war and the divisions in american society. a ranger's day consists of six to eight boat trips, to and from the fort, on each boat. several hundred people, and he never tires of answering questions about the confederate troops, about president lincoln , about

a secret plantation all over america, did you even know that tea is grown in this country, it turns out, there is an established opinion that america is not a tea country, but a coffee country, but in charleston, every cafe will offer black, green, with the aroma of peach or

raspberry, because it was the southerners who taught the whole world to drink iced tea. when you drink tea, you need to simultaneously inhale air with the liquid, but do it carefully, if the liquid gets into your throat, you can cough, i am taught how to taste a hot drink correctly by a hereditary tea taster , a native southerner william hall, where he has not tried tea in india, china, morocco, great britain, but in the late eighties mr. hall bought this farm from the lipton company since then... here they grow a unique american tea, the best remedy for the local heat. actually, tea is made from these leaves. charleston resident ashley bachelor teaches me to dance the charleston.

yes, yes, swing dancing fashionable in the twenties of the 20th century also came from here, from south carolina. at first, only african americans danced, but then it began to be performed in ... so that the city of charleston did not lose its unique culture, she works in an ordinary coffee shop at the cash register, so she devoted her free time to dancing charleston, becoming the president of the local sewing association, it almost does not bring in money, but it is not for earning money, at sunset, local residents come to her retro parties on the waterfront. like in the fairy tale, alice in wonderland, here and there are signs with hints, don't lean against the tree, don't climb the branches, don't look into the hollow, these signs were placed by people who protect the angel oak, a natural wonder of south carolina, it is the oldest living organism

east of the mississippi river, it is 500 years old, by the way, it was called angelic not because of its beauty, but in memory of the owner of this land, the slave owner justus ainge.

the song in the water is spiritual, that was the name of the spiritual hymns of slaves, they sang them during work on the plantations, and for us it is performed by ron deise, a former tv presenter, cultural scientist, and researcher of african-american culture. this amazing culture was brought to america on ships with slaves, primarily africans, from the so-called rice coast of africa. due to the slave trade, by the beginning of the 18th century, africans made up the majority of the population of this region. taking advantage of the connivance of white owners,

who were afraid of malaria and therefore left slaves unattended for long periods, slaves escaped from the plantations to the islands around charleston. there they spent several centuries. from rare became one of the popularizers of this folklore for america. in the nineties, he and his wife natalie launched a children's tv program called gullah-galla island. such an island did not exist. it was their unique author's way to tell a modern african american in a playful way.

but the train had already left. later, gala gi rituals became the basis of all african american music.

without them, there would be no jazz, no blues, no swing, no hip-hop. many people admit that they go to carolina only to try the legendary dishes of the american south. and we, in search of real local cuisine , went to a roadside fisherman's cafe closer to the former plantations. this is where people of african descent once lived. it is their food that is now considered local pride. you can also say it is a way to look at history with different eyes. grits is the coarsest corn flour . dishes made from it became the basis of local cuisine. the fact is that when corn was processed for further processing

into regular flour, this cereal remained an inedible by-product. well, people wondered if it was possible to cook anything from it. someone threw the cereal into a pot of boiling water and had to cook it for 5 hours. anyway, look what we got, what beauty. this is one of hundreds of variations of a local traditional dish called shrimp and grids. cuisine. lowland along the atlantic, where slaves once settled. low country dish is, on the one hand, an attempt to get out of poverty. any food, even oysters, were rolled in flour and fried to make it more filling. on the other hand, this is an attempt to preserve the gastronomic traditions of other continents that were unusual for america in those centuries. there is some influence of african americans, but there is also the influence of creoles and islanders. in the 21st century, these gastronomic traditions are recognized as a real national treasure, they film

tv shows, publish cookbooks based on them , and the chef who, living in carolina, did not spy a few tricks is not far off. perhaps the boon hall plantation, many of you is known visually, because it is famous above all for its... his estate garden with tropical flowers, as if a reminder of the past in abundance and here to the right of the master's house.

he is a little scared to lick people and a wooden cradle - this is an ordinary prop, looking at which you think about how differently you can tell about the tragic pages of charleston history, or will it be a performance with costumed actors who list dry facts, or will it be an honest conversation about the unfortunate people in insurmountable circumstances.

there was a man named james matthews. he lived here in charleston and was owned by a slave owner named david coyne. james. was beaten and starved so often that he ran away and hid. damon fordon, a scholar of african-american history, a professor at the prestigious citadel military college, and an author, is collecting personal testimonies from people who survived slavery. the fugitive he is talking about, james matthews , was captured then and sent to one of the most terrible places in the city, the sugar house. the sugar house was built in 1738 as a sugar factory, in seventy-five it was converted into a prison, where ... charleston on a ship that sailed to boston, already being a free man, he learned to read and write in order

to publish his memoirs in 1838. among the slaves there were many literate people. for example, fredrick douglass, gary jacobs, solomon northab, whose memoirs 12 years a slave formed the basis of the film of the same name several years ago. these stories became evidence of evil, cruelty the inhumanity of slavery. and this ancient cobblestone, which tourists now love to photograph, remembers the times when slave auctions were held right in front of everyone in the open air, literally on every street in today's historic charleston. damon fordham ends his story near one of the darkest places in the city, the former charleston slave market, about this big shackles for an adult man and, my god, this small for children. two nondescript halls with wooden floors, who saw the tears of hundreds of thousands of men

who lost their families, women separated forever from their children and old people who were assigned. together accepted with particular enthusiasm the museum tells about the intra-american period of slavery about the transatlantic human trade, which is usually described with dry figures. they were loaded like this, if 25% of them died, with each batch of slaves they still made a profit. these modest two floors are the first african-american

museums in the entire country, and of course, a landmark place especially for the south. it opened in 1938. for many years, it's incredible, if you think about the last person who touched them, most likely it was a slave who carried out her daily duties. lauren northop became a real star of the local historical society last year, she managed to make an incredible discovery that will help to complement the real picture of the life of slaves. the story of

how she found a treasure priceless for a scientist is a real detective story, and the main characters in it are rats. here under the floor they found a small, dried, real mummified corpse of a rat, which most likely lived in the 19th century. do not rush to be horrified, it turns out that the rats of the 19th century, collecting small trash for their dwellings in the backyard of one of the once richest houses in charleston , did a huge favor to anthropologists, they lived in the walls of the barracks, where slaves were usually settled and unwittingly became witnesses to their life and everyday life. most people would not be happy with rats in the house, but we are always happy when we find rats, because they are wonderful keepers of history, they collect various objects within a radius of 15 and drag them into the nests. creating a semblance of time capsules from historical material. just imagine: on this tiny stove, consisting of

four stoves, slaves cooked, sometimes in unimaginable southern heat, for all the inhabitants of this huge property. in the master's house, for example, there is no kitchen at all. in it lived with his family slave trader influential businessman nathaniel russell, silverware, spiral staircase and harp in the guest salon are impressive even today, but the attention of historians is not at all confined to the master's part of the museum's house, scientists are much more interested in those tiny objects that were found in rat nests in the slaves' rooms, they tell about little-studied things about the lives of slaves, who knows, maybe a separate museum can be made from these scraps. velari has worked all her life in the charleston historical society, she has watched as a real revolution in the consciousness of local scientists took place.

charleston was given a serious challenge in 1993. 26 years ago, chicago radio host tom joyner visited charleston, and when he came back, he said on air that it was very difficult to imagine that slavery existed in charleston. he went on carriage tours, tours of historic houses, and bus tours. i think america would be very different without slavery, especially the american south, but we have to talk about it honestly, it is our duty, to tell that there was

a huge part of the population that suffered, that was denied freedom, and next to them lived people who made huge amounts of money from their labor. the best way to avoid being caught in an ad is to give a name, age, occupation , and family information. 50 years since charleston was founded, one can't help but think about the incredible changes that the local mentality has undergone in just three centuries, and

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